| Mar 20, 2019 | Economy / BusinessGet ready to hear a lot about baking this campaign season. When it comes to how wealth is distributed in this country, “pie” is a favorite pundit metaphor. Some politicians want to “re-divide the pie,” so everyone’s slice is more equal in...
| Nov 30, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBelgian waffles. Belgian beers. Americans love ’em. But what Americans really need from Belgium has nothing to do with beer or breakfast treats. We need Belgium’s much more egalitarian distribution of wealth. The English philosopher Francis Bacon once long ago...
| Oct 11, 2010 | Economy / BusinessScroll through the right-wing blogosphere, or listen in at a tea party rally, and you’ll find angry people ranting about an out-of-control federal government that’s redistributing the nation’s wealth to the undeserving poor. Those rants do have one...
