A linguistic success for Occupy Wall Street
Since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street protest, published mentions of the term “income inequality” have increased more than fivefold. There were 500 instances of the term last week, according to a survey of print articles, Web stories, and broadcast transcripts, compared with just 91 the week before the protests began.
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