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Rosa DeLauro: “We do know that a Nobel Prize winning economist, Joe Stiglitz, no schlep in the economy world, here says that inequality…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
We do know that a Nobel Prize winning economist, Joe Stiglitz, no schlep in the economy world, here says that inequality is not inevitable. It is about the choices we make.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Referencing Joe Stiglitz to emphasize that inequality is a result of policy choices.

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