Foreign Affairs Focus On: Economic Inequality with Jacob Hacker
Article Summary and Author Biography
An interview with the author of "Winner-Take-All-Politics."
GIDEON ROSE is the Editor of Foreign Affairs. JACOB HACKER Dr. Hacker is the director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University
Gideon Rose, the editor of Foreign Affairs, and Jacob Hacker, the director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University, explore why income inequality has risen so significantly in the United States.
Those who argue that globalization and technological advancement are behind this trend overlook the role of lobbying and deliberate policy decisions.
Read a review of Hacker's book, "Winner-Take-All Politics" here.
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