Thursday, September 20, 2012

"If You Want More Details, Mr. President, You’ll Have to Buy My Book"

"I noted in a previous blog post that for an incorrigible 'redistributionist,' Obama sure hasn’t done much redistributing. The Gini index is up, median income is down, and income share for the top one percent, after a brief stumble during the 2007-2009 recession, resumed its upward climb in 2010. Obamacare will achieve significant redistribution in the president’s second term (assuming he gets one) but only in the circumscribed area of health care. What can Obama do to halt growing income inequality?"

At The New Republic, Timothy Noah advises on "How to be a Real 'Redistributionist.'"

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