Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we look at the left and the right’s surprisingly similar solutions to the gap between rich and poor
BY SOME MEASURES, in the aftermath of the pandemic, income inequality in America is either increasing or remaining stubbornly high. On the left, the gap between rich and poor has long been an urgent issueand more people on the right now agree. As both sides of the aisle look for solutions, they are reaching some.
Economist Thomas Piketty talks us through the state of economic inequality in America and some of the left’s proposals to reduce it. And Oren Cass of American Compass, a think tank, explains a new wave of conservative solutions to inequality.
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