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The Troubling Problem Of Income Inequality: A Few Thoughts, James F. Freeley

University of Massachusetts Law Review

Income inequality has become an important public policy issue in the United States. This Essay examines the issue in a political, economic, and legal context. It argues that the only policy responses that will work to address the underlying trends are ones that put a priority upon hiring people at a living wage and encouraging entrepreneurship and growth at all levels of the economy.