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Why the poor in America stay poor

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Rise of Neoliberalism in America

The country is less productive today than it was when unions were at their full strength, says Julian Zelizer. Unions also barred membership to a lot of black and Latino workers in the U.S., he adds. "They shot themselves in the foot because of that," writes Zelizer.

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