David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times reporter on economic issues, analyzes a recent study of wealth among five nations among those with the richest economies and concludes: “In short, what the paper shows is this: Inequality is a product of government policy.”
And yes, this post’s title is apt, or apt enough, for “redundancy” besides meaning the “state of being redundant”, also means, “Something redundant or excessive; a superfluity”, and surely the study is superfluous, or it is if all it shows is that inequality is a product of government policy.
As Hamlet’s buddy Horatio, might have said: “There needs no study, come from a think tank, my lord, to tell us this.”
But of course, I jest. We don’t really need a study, but in today’s world, the nose on your face, may it be ever so plain, doesn’t really exist unless it is confirmed by a study.
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