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[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-income-inequality-costs_b_6249904 by Laura Tyson 1/12/14 HUFFPOST] | [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-income-inequality-costs_b_6249904 by Laura Tyson 1/12/14 HUFFPOST] | ||
Underlying the country's soaring inequality is income stagnation for the majority of Americans. With an expanding share of the gains from economic growth flowing to a tiny fraction of high-income U.S. households, average family income for the bottom 90 percent has been flat since 1980. | Underlying the country's soaring inequality is income stagnation for the majority of Americans. With an expanding share of the gains from economic growth flowing to a tiny fraction of high-income U.S. households, average family income for the bottom 90 percent has been flat since 1980. | ||
=====Jamie Dimon on how economic inequality fueled political polarization and what can be done===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/jamie-dimon-on-how-economic-inequality-fueled-political-polarization-and-what-can-be-done by Judy Woodruff 14/8/24 PBS NEWS] | |||
From trade to diversity to immigration, many U.S. corporations are navigating a divisive political climate on a range of issues that impact their businesses. The CEO of the nation’s largest bank, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, has been speaking out about some of these. Judy Woodruff spoke with him in Bentonville, Arkansas, for her series, America at a Crossroads. | |||
