The Pecking Order Is Real

John Avlon: We can't escape economic inequality and the hard wired impulses used to justify it, but we can do better. He says that no matter how much money we have or don't have, we can reject the idea that we can be someone who matters into the world. Avlon: The shiny lure of mattering is how they set the hook, which is debt. Once you've got that hook in your mouth, once you're up to your eyeballs in debt, it is so hard to ever get free.