Income inequality has been making the headlines for a couple of years now, especially with the publication of Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” (I recommend listening to the ebook, by the way – don’t try to slog through the print version).<\/p>\n
But\u00a0the\u00a0problem\u00a0is\u00a0not\u00a0just\u00a0income. Here are just a few (of the many more):
\n–\u00a0Wealth\u00a0inequality
\n–\u00a0Race\u00a0inequality
\n–\u00a0Gender\u00a0inequality
\n–\u00a0Intelligence\u00a0inequality
\n–\u00a0Social\u00a0competence\u00a0inequality<\/p>\n
Why have a strong unionized workforce? \u00a0So those of us who aren’t lucky enough to be on the up side of all of the above can live decently, too. \u00a0And afford all those products the top one-percenters have had made for us by the bottom ten-percenters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"