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Robert Reich: If there is a single core message to the Occupy movement, it is that the increasing concentration of income and wealth…

On the recordJanuary 23, 2012
If there is a single core message to the Occupy movement, it is that the increasing concentration of income and wealth at the top endangers our democracy.
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Robert Reich

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Reich summarized the Occupy movement's message about wealth inequality.

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