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Funny how noone mentions as a factor the sudden drop in inequality that occurred with the combination of the Great Depression and then the war.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Tue Nov 19th, 2013 at 12:46:49 AM EST
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which is, I venture, a tried and true solution.
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Tue Nov 19th, 2013 at 04:26:36 AM EST
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Inequality is too explicitly political for economists, even Postkeynesians...

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 19th, 2013 at 05:17:13 AM EST
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I am reminded again of a book titled The Dilemma of Muslim Psychologists, which dilemma was in large part that most of what needed being addressed constituted social taboos. It is similar to the dilemma of economists who see beyond the narrow limits of 'Mainstream Economics' yet still want careers in economics which currently would be undermined by the expression of such views.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Tue Nov 19th, 2013 at 10:54:59 AM EST
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