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Jul 23, 2017

Moral equality – and immoral inequality

From Robert Reich’s review of two new books about the perils of concentrated wealth & power:

The greatest threat to Western liberal democracies in the future is more likely to come from extreme inequality than from Islamic extremism. This is because inequality erodes two foundation stones of modern society — openness to new ideas and opportunities, and a conviction that all citizens are morally equal.

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