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Challenging the received view, exploding popular myths ... and sometimes just having a rant. Topics covered on this blog will be mostly socio-economic issues, but are also likely to include some random deviations.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Joe Stiglitz on the 1%

Joe Stiglitz, writing in May 2011, sets the scene for the emergence of the Occupy movement in this discussion of US income inequality.
Posted by Tom McDermott at 8:42 PM No comments:
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