EXPOSE THE 1%
“The scale of the support currently
provided to UK banks has fallen from a
peak of £955 billion to £512 billion, but
the amount of cash currently borrowed
by the Government to support banks INSPIRATION:
has risen by £7 billion since December
2009. It is likely the taxpayer will be
providing support for years to come.”
INFOGRAPHICS TO UNDERSTAND
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INSPIRATION:
The financial crisis of 2008 can be seen as
the symbolic end of neo-liberalism. For 30
years previously, finance, big business and the
http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/13/27- THEY RULE- A SITE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO
market were to run everything in society. The MAP, VISUALISE, RESEARCH AND SHARE THE
unquestioned dogma was high profits = wealth visualizations-and-infographics-to-
creation = increasing societal well-being. The CONNECTIONS IN THE US RULING CLASS
illusion of stability came to an abrupt end when
the reckless finance crisis of 2008 brought the understand-the-financial-crisis/ http://www.theyrule.net
world to its knees. The UK, for instance, was
two days away from the cash machines running
dry. The banks were bailed out and this bill has
now been imposed on taxpayers. The 99% will
feel the impact of this crisis for decades.
One how is organisation to exploit so successfully
But single the 1% able is to more to blame
thanrest of society?banker or politician
the any individual
for the financial crisis. One organization
is largely responsible for the corruption have
Part of the problem is that most people
in ouror no idea howeconomic system. One
little dysfunctional global finance works,
organization functions as a lobby group on
hidden behind descriptions deliberately
steroids at the heart of our political swaps’,
designed to confuse: ‘credit default life.
This one organization is the City of London
‘asset backed securities’, ‘derivatives’,
Corporation. A recent report fromcompletely
‘private finance initiatives’ this is the Centre
for Research of Socio-Cultural Change details
understandable.
how the City of London Corp., acting with the
power of a city the financial system look like?
But what does state, shaped a thirty-year
settlement. The deal gave financial institutions
What social relationships does it promote or
in the CityHow can we show this and explain it
restrict? of London freedom from regulation
in return for theyresulting tax revenue being as
to people so the do understand and can act
ploughed into public sector employment in ex-
informed citizens?
industrial areas. Typically, the City of London
Corp. andto expose the actions of theregulation
We need the banks used the lack of 1%, and we
and the design is apower they won with thisso.
believe enormous powerful weapon to do
agreement to vastly increase profits – while
not fulfilling their own side of the bargain.
THE BRIEF:
There is clear evidence that the tax revenue
We want your visualizations and illustrations INSPIRATION: The Crises of Capitalism with David Harvey
benefits from financial services have system,
of Finance, The City and the Banking been
grossly exaggerated. The City remains a major
they can be in any format from a poster to an Source: RSA Animate. Cognitive Media – http://bit.ly/byYugn
force in lobbyingor any other way you think is
interactive map for financial institutions to
continue to remain unregulatedhelp theget its
appropriate, but the goal is to (i.e. to 99%
side of the bargaincomplex but important
to understand the in the settlement).
processes of finance that are affecting every MORE INFOGRAPHIC INSPIRATION: FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE CITY:
The Cityof our lives.
aspect lobbyists undermine the democratic http://bit.ly/9PxXaH - FlowingData
will of the British people. The City culture of http://occupydesign.org/gallery/designs pCentre for Research of Socio-Cultural Change report - http://bit.ly/l4myyI
high bonuses andand info:
More resources light regulation is inherently http://www.good.is/post/goods-financial-crisis-infographic-contest-winner-announced/ pNational Audit Office report on public funding of banks - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/1011/support_for_banks.aspx
anti-democratic as the rest of the UK suffers
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the consequences of extreme austerity – http://atlas.media.mit.edu/book/ pGuardian newspaper articles
caused by August 31st The City of London
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Corporation, through its consistent pressure
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to deregulate the sector, is largely responsible
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to the financial crisis in the UK. http://econ.economicshelp.org/2009/03/historical-national-debt.html
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The City of London needs a debrand.
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Capitalism is a Pyramid Scheme. In Work. Source: CrimethInc. Workers’ Collective and Packard Jennings.

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I. The Occupation
i. Work
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Schemata: What It Is
Shifting Terrain
The Metropolis
Positions: Where We Are
At the Top
Magnates
Politicians
Bosses
Superstars
Professionals
Middle Management
Self-Employment
Factory Workers
Students
The Service Industry
Domestic Labor
The Sex Industry
Police and Military
Migrant Labor
Prisoners
Unemployment and Homelessness
Outside the Market
Animals, Plants, Minerals
Mechanics: How It Works
Production
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Media
Bodies and Simulacra
Finance
Investment
Debt
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Source: Rainforest Action Network

Source: David McCandless

Source: David McCandless

World land grab
Land purchased by government and
private companies from each country,
where areas are known
Total area purchased by country
Countries in which land has been purchased
270,000 ha
80,400 ha in Mongolia
in Russia
7,000 ha
in Kazakhstan
S Korea owns
Saudi Arabia owns 2,306,000 ha
216,862 ha
in US 1,610,117 ha China owns Japan owns
2,090,796 ha 324,262 ha
1,500 ha
in Algeria
1,600 ha
in Egypt 900,000 ha
in Pakistan India 100 ha in China
10,117 ha
1,050 ha in Sudan
in Mexico 5,000 ha 700,000 ha
in Cuba 378,000 ha in Laos
in Sudan
UAE owns 1,240,000 ha
690,000 ha
1,282,500 ha in Phillipines
in Sudan 3,000 ha
10,00 ha in Phillipines
in Cameroon
4,046 ha
in Uganda
100,000 ha 300 ha 25,000 ha
1,600,000 ha
in Brazil in Tanzania in Indonesia
in Indonesia
1,300,000 ha
India owns in Madagascar
10,000 ha 43,000 ha
in Paraguay in Australia
21,000 ha
in Argentina
5,700 ha
in New Zealand
SOURCE: GRAIN.ORG
World Land Grab. Source: The Guardian

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Interesting and important data - but what is wrong with this visualisation?
Financial Markets 1990 - 2010. Source: Handelsblatt

World GDP vs Speculative Markets 1990
World GDP = 22 trillion $
Forex Market = 147 trillion $
Value of traded shares and bonds = 9 trillion $
Derivatives traded off-market = 2 trillion $
World GDP vs Speculative Markets 2010
World GDP = 63 trillion $
Total Value of Capital Markets
Value of traded shares
and bonds = 87 trillion $
Forex Market = 955 trillion $ Derivatives traded off-market = 601 trillion $

Money as Debt: Paul Grignon

THE
DEBT
RESISTORS'
OPERATIONS
MANUAL
The Debt Resistor’s Operations Manual: Occupy Wall Street

The Steady State Economy. Perhaps not a solution, but a step towards balancing economic and ecological priorities.
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© 2009 Angela Morelli for ECO-LABS.org | Source: Life in a land without growth News Scientist Magazine Issue 2678
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It is 2020
A Totem of Real Happiness
ciples.
It is 2020, and we are a decade into a huge experiment in 2020
which we are trying to convert our planet to a sustainable or
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don't use natural resources faster than they can be replen-
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escaped the doomed model of economic growth, and no one CONSUMTPION EMISSIONS
is worse off. It's even possible that we have all become a
little bit happier, and it's good to know that now our grand-
children have a chance of a better life too.
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Fair limits to inequality. Eco-effectiveness. Lower impact lives. New financial systems.
In a Steady-State Economy the highest income is no Growth is allowed within the limits set by ecologists. We develop new models of ownership. We can lease Finance is not built around ‘bubbles’ and expectations
more than 30 times the lowest income. rather than buy products; one owner is responsible of future growth.
for maintaining the product and then recycles it.
HIGHEST INCOME LOWEST INCOME
30x
Efficiency increases. Developments in technology allow
us to get more and more out of the resources we have.
Example: T $
We gradually raise the percentage of money deposited
Co2 that banks are required to keep in reserve.
FACTOR OF INCOME RANGE
FACTOR from PLATO to THE STEADY STATE ECONOMY Introduction of a Tax on Co2 Emissions makes petrol
fuelled travel very expensive. This limits car journeys, Products are built to last. Maintenance and repair are a
Plato’s vision 4 much more important source of employment than ever
before, as are science and technology.
Universities, Civil Sevices 20
and The Military
and triggers investments in public transport and in the We move to a culture in which you have to save money
US corporate sector before technology required to run vehicles on renewable energy. before you can lend or invest it.
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economy
The steady-state economy 30
The Steady-State Economy: EcoLabs and Angela Morelli

ATTAC.TV - Financialization of Nature. Source: ATTAC.TV
: Paul Grignon
ATTAC.TV - Financialization of Nature. Source: ATTAC.TV