What Political Scientists Can Teach Us About Inequality

When Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson recently fought Congress on executive compensation, during discussions of the financial bailout, the curtain opened wider on the troublesome issue of rising income inequality. It's a phenomenon that has been attracting attention among both economists and political scientists.

Is income inequality due to economics, politics, or some interplay between the two?

"Some pundits are tempted to look inside the Beltway for a cause, but the case is

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