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Robert Reich: “We are in a kind of second Gilded Age right now, in terms of witnessing a consolidation of wealth and income and power…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2022
We are in a kind of second Gilded Age right now, in terms of witnessing a consolidation of wealth and income and power at the very top reaches America, such as we haven`t seen in over 100 years.
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Robert Reich
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the current economic inequality and its dangers to democracy.

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