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Inequality is not “top X%” vs. “the rest.” Every part of the distribution is stretching. Every pair of points is further apart than it used to be.


Well, middle class now is closer to working class precariousness, than before, so it's not exactly that "every pair of points is further apart than it used to be".


The differences within middle and working class are also widening.




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