Don’t Just Tax the Rich — Attack Inequality at the Root

Economic inequality in the United States has risen dramatically over the last sixty years. Indeed, the degree of inequality today is probably at any point in the country’s history. This severe inequality is a severe social malady. So, what should we do about it?greater than Consider the following analogy. Suppose that, in response to the high rate of fatalities from automobile accidents, the United States had undertaken major investments in hospital trauma centers, improving the medical…