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In an op-ed, Research Scholar Robert Frank explains why inequality is increasing in the US

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "The economy has been changing, and new forces are causing inequality to feed on itself. One is that the higher incomes of top earners have been shifting consumer demand in favor of goods whose value stems from the talents of other top earners. Because the wealthy have just about every possession anyone might need, they tend to spend their extra income in pursuit of something special. And, often, what makes goods special today is that they’re produced by people or organizations whose talents can’t be duplicated easily."

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