I've added a new link --to "The Equality Trust".
The argument being made at that site is that income inequality produces bad societies.
There is much one could say here. I take it that the authors Wilkinson and Pickett believe that they have good empirical data, and they have gotten beyond mere ideology.
What they've done is impressive, but I confess I am not a strict empiricist. What's especially interesting about their approach is that they don't just present data, but present suggestions about why it might be so and analyze it.
In any case, what is striking for me is how badly the USA fares, on a variety of measures, in comparison with other industrialized countries...
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