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