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Student Debt: Onerous for the young, a drag on society – and a major future problem

Summary: While the nation focuses on the concerns of old white people (which dominated the election), our young — our future — have different problems.  Such as rising inequality of wealth & income.  Starting different children at different rungs of the ladder generates positive feedback (like a pebble thrown down a rocky hillside, with the …

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How clearly do we see the rising inequality in America? How do we feel about it? Much depends on these answers.

Summary: Among the serious problems eroding the Republic’s foundations, rising inequality of wealth & income must rank high. It’s the worst kind of problem, generating its own positive feedback (like a pebble thrown down a rocky hillside). Today we have the crack analysts of the Liscio Report look a seldom-discussed aspects of this national illness: …

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