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user-inactivated  ·  3708 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Just Right Inequality

    I think that pretty much most of the data support the thesis that the current level of inequality is far too uneven. The one study cited in this piece that has data showing that inequality is good for growth was published in '08, ya know, right before the house of cards collapsed.

Oh sure, but since perfect equality is impossible we find ourselves needing to come to a stop on a gradient. That's where the fun starts.





b_b  ·  3708 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Perfect equality isn't just impossible, it's undesirable. My only point is that it is too skewed in the other direction. Finding an optimum may not be possible, but it's probably good policy to try.