The Archeology of Our Time

As I mentioned last week, TPM has commissioned a four part series on the rise of wealth and income inequality in the United States over the last fifty years. Yesterday we published the first full length article in the series. Written by Rich Yeselson this first article looks at the decline of the labor movement over the last half century as a key driver of flat incomes for the great majority of the population and spiraling inequality which continues to accelerate today. I was excited to commission this piece and was gratified to read it because it was so packed with details and stories about the arc of our recent political past which I either only knew dimly or didn’t know at all. If you want to understand one part of how we got here or if you’re just into history, I really think you’ll enjoy this piece. You can read it here.