THE NEXT ECONOMY: ESSAY

Inequality and Its Perils

Emerging research suggests that the growing gap between rich and poor harms the U.S. economy by creating instability and suppressing growth.

By Jonathan Rauch

Updated: May 29, 2013 | 11:56 p.m.
September 27, 2012 | 12:21 p.m.

(Corbis/John Springer Collection)


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