Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
People protest against the SpaceX IPO in New York. Photograph: Sarah Yenesel/EPAView image in fullscreenPeople protest against the SpaceX IPO in New York. Photograph: Sarah Yenesel/EPAUS income inequalityAnalysisCondemned to plutocracy?
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- ▪Photograph: Sarah Yenesel/EPAUS income inequalityAnalysisCondemned to plutocracy?
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People protest against the SpaceX IPO in New York. Photograph: Sarah Yenesel/EPAView image in fullscreenPeople protest against the SpaceX IPO in New York. Photograph: Sarah Yenesel/EPAUS income inequalityAnalysisCondemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequalityEduardo PorterElon Musk is a beneficiary of America’s lopsided prosperity – does the country have any appetite for redistribution?Sun 21 Jun 2026 04.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 21 Jun 2026 04.01 EDTShareAs Barack Obama’s presidency was coming to a close, Jason Furman, then chairman of the president’s council of economic advisers, laid out the strides his administration had made to curb the nation’s exorbitant income inequality in “the largest investments in reducing inequality since the Great Society”.Indeed, by the end…
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