Inside Policy June 2015: Tackling income inequality – MLI

OTTAWA, June 5, 2015 – Concerns about income inequality are everywhere these days. Claims that the “one percent” are eating up a larger portion of society’s wealth are multiplying, as are movements designed to offset the disparity with the less well-off.

But is income inequality really deserving of the attention it earns?

In the new edition of Inside Policy, the magazine of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, leading economic thinkers from around the world weigh in on the income inequality debate.

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Liberal Member of Parliament Chrystia Freeland and George Mason University Professor Frank Buckley stake out opposing views on the severity of the problem.

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