"The Numbers Racket: Why the Economy is Worse then we Know," Kevin Phillips, Harper's, May, 2008
Corporate Wealth Share Rises, New York Times, Jan., 2006
Fortune 100, Biggest US Corporations, April 2005
Fortune Global 500, April, 2005
Data on U. S. Oil Consumption and Imports, 2004
Richest Are Leaving Even the Rich Far Behind--New York Times
Number in Poverty Increases in U. S.--New York Times
Rich Get Richer in U. S.--New York Times
U.S. Black / White / Latino Inequalities, 2001
Where Persian Gulf Oil Goes, 2002 Data --Energy Intelligence Group
Map of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf Region
Where Middle East Oil Goes, 2001
World Oil Reserves, by region, 2001
Oil Reserves in Persian Gulf,2000, w/ notes on Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan
Recent U.S. Political and Military Commitments to Persian Gulf Oil
Bibliography of the Politics of Middle East Oil
Declining Profit Rate of U. S. Non-Financial Corporations, 1959 - 2009
U. S. Racial Inequality in Median Family Income
Latest Persian Gulf Report from U. S. Energy Information Agency
Dependence on Persian Gulf Oil: U. S., Japan and W. Europe, 1973 - 2000
U.S. Oil Import Sources, 1973-2000
Where Middle East Oil Goes, 1991
Where U. S. Crude Oil Comes From, 1995
Where U. S. Petroleum Products Come From, 1996
Source for Profits of Non-Financial Corporations: Data on profits of U. S. non-financial corporations from the Economic Report of the President, 2009. Data in fixed, non-residential capital owned by U. S. non-financial corporations is from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Survey of Current Business, 2007.
Source for Oil Figures: After 2000, see individual tables; prior to 2000, 1996 Statistical Abstract of the U. S., and Department of Commerce publications.
Source for Racial and class inequality: 2001 Statistical Abstract of the U. S.