Care About Wage and Wealth Inequality?

As you know, we’re in the midst of a big four part series on the rise of wealth inequality in the United States. I wanted to let you know about part three in our series. Our first two installments were essentially historical and in the second piece focused on the politics of inequality. Part three takes a different, critical approach. Jared Bernstein, one of my favorite economists and former chief economic advisor to Vice President Biden, gives us a deep but accessible look at the actual numbers. What do we know? What do the numbers tell us about inequality? What don’t we know? And as best as economics can tell us, what factors seem to be driving this trend? It’s a great piece and I really recommend it to you. If you don’t have time for it now in the middle of the work day, bookmark it to read this evening. If you care about this issue, you should read this piece. Because you can’t think critically about how to solve a problem until you understand the basics of what the problem is. Here’s the piece, TPM’s Deep, Deep Dive into the Economics of Inequality.