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Are soaring levels of income inequality making us a more polarized nation?

  • Written by Christos Makridis, Ph.D. Candidate in Labor and Public Economics, Stanford University

Political polarization today is greater than it’s been in recent history – at least since the 1970s. To see that, one need only look at the current U.S. presidential election.

And whatever your political leanings, an overly divided country can hamper its progress, such as the ability to innovate or adapt to geopolitical risk.

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