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Mike Konczal is a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. His work has appeared in The Nation, Slate, and The American Prospect. He blogs at Rortybomb.
Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century dismantles received economic wisdom on the nature of inequality—including the idea that it is necessary for a rising tide to lift all boats.
It's only fair, and other reasons why voters on all sides should agree.
Debt relief is fair. It would also be good for the economy. Why isn’t it happening? Politics.
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