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Why Income Inequality Went Missing in the 2012 Campaign

Nov 5, 2012

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mwkruse

in Economics, Politics, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Bloomberg: Why Income Inequality Went Missing in the 2012 Campaign Why did inequality never become the defining issue of the 2012 campaign? It appears that voters, intuitively, don’t see it as the problem some politicians would have us believe. Even economists disagree over how bad inequality is, the correct way to measure it, why it’s…