Emmanuel Saez — Saying Inequality Has Not Increased in the US “the Equivalent of Being a Climate Change Denier”

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In an interview with ProMarket ahead of his upcoming Stigler Center visit this week, UC Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez discussed the impact of the 2017 Trump tax cuts, the disproportionate political power of the super-rich, and whether he agrees with Bernie Sanders that billionaires shouldn’t exist....ProMarket — The blog of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessEmmanuel Saez: Saying Inequality Has Not Increased in the US “the Equivalent of Being a Climate Change Denier” Asher Schechter interviews Emmanuel Saez

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