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Its generally understood that we live in a time of growing income inequality, but the ordinary person is not really aware of how big it is, krugman told me. The final dvergence chapters are why it matters, and what to do. Timothy noah summarizes the causes of widening economic inequality in the united states, and offers policy recommendations for fixing it. Pdf america s growing inequality download read online. King published the wealth and income of the people of the united states, the most comprehensive study of its kind to date. Income inequality in the united states has not worsened steadily since 1915. Apr 26, 2012 over the past 30 years, the growing divide between rich and poor has become an american crisis, timothy noah writes in his latest book. Noah explains not only how the great divergence has come about, but why it threatens american democracy and most important, how we can begin to. China, europe, and the making of the modern world economy, by kenneth pomeranz. In the great divergence, timothy noah of the new republic posits that, since 1979, there has been a particularly extreme divergence in income inequality in the united states. He showed slides during his presentation and responded to questions from.
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