The Haves and the Have Less
View of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Income inequality will need to be tackled in emerging countries as they become more developed, says Piketty (photo: Scorza/Newscom)
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Income inequality in the U.S. has soared to its highest level since the Great Depression, and that trend has only deteriorated during the global downturn of recent years. Thomas Piketty has been tracking this growing disparity and says the yawning gap between the haves and have less is bad for growth and bad for society.
