By Mike Koetting July 5, 2017
This is the second post in a series focusing on what I see as the top three issues facing society—inequality, the environment and the meaning of work. Last week’s post addressed the fact that changes in the labor market are generating inequality—to some degree regardless of politics. This post addresses the fact that some inequality is being caused, deliberately or accidentally, by the people on the fat side of inequality. The next post will address the specific issue of race and inequality.
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Top-down Inequality is what happens when people with more assets use those assets to improve their positions at the expense of the rest of society. Continue reading “Top-Down Inequality”