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Rosa DeLauro: “To quote the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, 'Inequality is not inevitable; it is a choice we make.'”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
To quote the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, 'Inequality is not inevitable; it is a choice we make.'
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

DeLauro emphasizes that inequality is a result of choices, not fate.

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