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Sounds familiar

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

A few weeks back I “reviewed” Kurt Andersen’s book, Evil Geniuses, about the long game played by the American right to take over our political system. The increase in inequality was a prominent part of the book. I made the point in my post that Andersen didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know, but […]

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Fighting inequality in the passive voice

Monday, December 16, 2013

I understand that Obama gave a speech about inequality recently. Some say it marks a departure from his middle of the road course, while others…well, they have their doubts. It certainly is frustrating that Obama is able to recognize and give voice to the problem, and yet also give the distinct impression of being a […]

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Graphing inequality

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

No time to actually post anything, but I thought I’d pass this along, which I saw here.

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Changing the conversation

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Over the last few days and weeks, I’ve noticed, or thought I noticed, a bit of a change in the national conversation. My impression, for which I had no solid evidence, was that the issue of growing income inequality and the disappearance of the middle class was being discussed more and more frequently in the […]

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Occupy Wall Street takes to the air

Sunday, November 6, 2011
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