There are a number of key characteristics of American Capitalism. ... Second, economic activity is organized and coordinated through the interaction of American buyers and American sellers (or producers) in markets. ... Statistics can document a slumping economy, mass unemployment and swelling relief rolls. ... The top 0.5 percent of Americans owned 32.4 percent of the net wealth of the entire population, the greatest such concentration of wealth in the nation's history. ... Only about 4 million Americans owned any stocks, out of a total population of 120 million. ...

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The United States of America is a country known for being prosperous, but it too suffers from this epidemic. ... The Campaign to End Child Homelessness states that over 1.6 million American children go to sleep without a home of their own each year. ... In "Record number of homeless children enrolled in public schools" by Valerie Strauss, it states that "homeless children statistics each year are 10 percent higher than the year before and 72 percent higher than before the recession". ... Children are not the only population affected by this crisis, veterans are also a popul...

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Unfortunately, while these examples may be accurate in defining a certain type or category of the homeless population, they do not delineate its parameters. ... The numbers of homeless people have multiplied in every major American city since 1980. Drug abuse and crime statistics continue to rise. ... As of 1985, approximately 35 million American citizens did not have any kind of medical insurance coverage. ... Despite these statistics, there is little evidence that the doctrinal appeal of the New Right is declining. ...

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