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When meritocracy wins, everybody loses

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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The Evolving Landscape of Inequality: A Rising Divide

This chapter examines the shift in inequality across the U.S., highlighting the decline of low-end inequality alongside the dramatic rise of high-end inequality. It discusses the implications of this widening gap, which may threaten social stability and provoke political unrest among the discontented middle class.

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