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How Much Inequality Is Too Much?

06/01/2016 GMT

The Inquiry: How Much Inequality Is too Much?

BBC World Service - The Essential, The Inquiry: How Much Inequality Is too Much?

Jared Bernstein says too much inequality is bad for America’s economy

Jared Bernstein says too much inequality is bad for America’s economy.

Jared Bernstein, a former economic adviser to President Obama, says there is too much inequality in America today. In this excerpt from The Inquiry he explains why, in his view, inequality is bad for the US economy.

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