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Unemployment rates and length
of unemployment status in the US
25
0
1998 1999  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
bottom line: unemployment rate
top line: average weeks unemployed
Source: Justice Policy Institute
source: Economic Policy Institute
source: US Department of Labor
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source: Economic Policy Institute
source: US Department of Labor
source: Corporate Crime Reporter
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Service sector jobs created in
April 2004 by industry
total service sector jobs
created:211,000 77% of jobs created
in April 2005 274,000 total jobs
created:
monthly growth rate of 0.21%
8,800   real estate
11,700   warehouse
17,300   temporary
28,000   health care
29,200   retail
47,000   building
58,000   hospitality
CEO pay as a multiple of
average worker pay
600

500


400

300


200


100

0
1980  1990  2000   2001  2002  2003
US CEO's pay rose 313 percent
from 1990 to 2003
corporate profits gained 128 percent
during the same period
Share of all workers earning
poverty-level hourly wages
2003


2000



1995


1990


1980
%   0     10   20     30    40    50
top 5 and bottom 5 states
total number of federal public
corruption convictions from 1993 to
2002 per 100,000 residents
0.52-NE

0.59-OR

0.86-NH

0.95-IA

0.97-CO
5.26-IL

6.06-AK

7.05-LA

7.09-ND

7.48-MS