Income Inequality Is a Problem—When Caused by Government Meddling
Posted on AllSides January 23rd, 2015
From The Right
OPINION
Income inequality is back in the news, propelled by an Oxfam International report and President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. The question is whether government needs to do something about this—or whether government needs to undo many things.
Measuring income inequality is no simple thing, which is one source of disagreement between those who think inequality is a problem and those who think it isn't. But it is possible to cut through the underbrush and make some points clear.
We can identify two kinds of economic inequality, and...
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