Inequality in the United States—pandemic edition David F. Ruccio

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Pretty shocking numbers if wealth being hoovered up.Note that the UBI is supposed to address the effects of inequality — but won't. The obvious way to do this is to preempt economic rent extraction and mop up the residual by taxing it away. But that would require a shift in political power relations.Occasional Links & CommentaryInequality in the United States—pandemic edition David F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre DameSee alsoCounterpunchTrump’s Destruction of America Started With ReaganThom Hartmann

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