| Wealth Inequality Threatens Democracy |
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| Saturday, 22 July 2006 | |
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Since the late 1970s wealth inequality, while stabilizing or increasing slightly in other industrialized nations, has increased sharply and dramatically in the United States.... According to economic journalist, David Cay Johnston, author of “Perfectly Legal,” this trend is not the result of some naturally occurring, social Darwinist “survival of the fittest.” It is the product of legislative policies carefully crafted and lobbied for by corporations and the super-rich over the past 25 years. |
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| Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 July 2006 ) |