Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality

Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality - short news


Elon Musk is a beneficiary of America’s lopsided prosperity – does the country have any appetite for redistribution?

As Barack Obama’s presidency was coming to a close, Jason Furman, then chairman of the president’s council of economic advisers, laid out the strides his administration had made to curb the nation’s exorbitant income inequality in “the largest investments in reducing inequality since the Great Society”.

Indeed, by the end of 2016, taxes and transfers..


Read more on The Guardian

source: The Guardian - 21.06.2026

Top