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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.
Said by
Robert Reich
Source
msnbc.com

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Discussing the current economic inequality and its dangers to democracy.

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