Kristof: Why let the rich hoard the toys?

Imagine a kindergarten with 100 students, lavishly supplied with books, crayons and toys.

Yet you gasp: One avaricious little boy is jealously guarding a mountain of toys for himself. A handful of other children are quietly playing with a few toys each, while 90 of the children are looking on forlornly — empty-handed.

The one greedy boy has hoarded more toys than all those 90 children put together! Full Story »

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today’s level of inequality is unusual by American historical and global standards alike, and, as Stiglitz notes, evidence is mounting that inequality at the levels ... More »

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