Ten Ways to Get Serious About Rising Inequality

When President Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday, rising inequality is set to play a prominent role—and that’s to be welcomed. As the President pointed out last month, in a speech to the Center for American Progress, the facts are glaring: profits and productivity are rising but wages are stagnant; more and more of the nation’s income is going to the top ten per cent and the top one per cent; and the United States has low (but, apparently, not declining) rates of social mobility.

...read more