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Robert Reich: “The biggest story of America over the last 50 years has been really the fact that the bottom half... their situations…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2021
The biggest story of America over the last 50 years has been really the fact that the bottom half... their situations have become so similar.
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Robert Reich

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Highlighting the increasing similarities in struggles among the lower economic classes.

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