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Inequality

We Brought it on Ourselves: A Timeline of Choices We’ve Made to Increase Inequality

September 20, 2014
by YES! Magazine
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This post first appeared at YES! Magazine.

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This infographic was adapted from Who Stole the American Dream? by Hedrick Smith. Random House Publishing Group, 2012, 592 pages.

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TOPICS: Democracy & Government, Economy & Work, History, Inequality, Money & Politics, Society
TAGS: 1 percent, bill clinton, congress, economic inequality, george h w bush, george w. bush, lobbyist, poverty, reagan tax cuts, ronald reagan, widget
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