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October 28, 2011

Epstein on the benefits of inequality

In less than ten minutes, Clear Thinkers favorite Richard Epstein lucidly explains the societal benefits of providing economic incentives that produce inequality in a market economy (H/T Bart Bentley).

Watch Does U.S. Economic Inequality Have a Good Side? on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.


Posted by Tom at October 28, 2011 12:00 AM |

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Slave holders and Jim Crowites must be feeling smug
as they lay asleep in their narrow cells.

Supporters of Plessy v Ferguson have a new shill!

Posted by: Bill McWilliams Author Profile Page at October 28, 2011 1:12 PM

Isn't the legally imposed lack of opportunity represented by Plessy's 'separate but equal' idea exactly the opposite of the idea of increasing opportunities for all represented by Mr. Epstein?

Posted by: Michael Chovanec Author Profile Page at November 1, 2011 11:50 AM

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