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    Atul Gawande‏Verified account @Atul_Gawande 8 Aug 2017

    When decades of policy shift income/benefits from bottom half to top 1%. Video graph: note esp huge tilt in 2001.http://nyti.ms/2vLCxuS 

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      2. Kristi‏ @KristiIA 8 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        Ppl like 2 blame BabyBoomers or Millennials 4 things but it was a member of the Greatest Generation -Reagan- that broke our economic system

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      3. JUST LIZ‏ @ehahn5_shirk 9 Aug 2017
        Replying to @KristiIA @Atul_Gawande

        YES!!!!! The fake trickle down economics. Beginning of GOP playing reverse psychology. Whatever they "name" a program---they MEAN opposite.

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      1. Michael Miller, MD‏ @HealthPolCom 8 Aug 2017
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        Rome returneth.

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      1. Angsting on Avery‏ @headachemom 8 Aug 2017
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        Trickle down economics was floated by the wealthy as the answer, but it only benefited the wealthy. When those in power make the rules...

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      1. Mark Goodman‏ @MarkGoodman33 8 Aug 2017
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        Neither graph nor article show how policy changes contribute to income/wealth inequality. Must understand to have better policies.

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      1. Bill Brokob‏ @billbrokob 9 Aug 2017
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        Wages have been more or less flat for decades. It only makes sense to see growth among those that rely on investments, not paychecks

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      1.  📉  🔄  🌱  🥄‏ @costrike 9 Aug 2017
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        I've got this figured out.pic.twitter.com/yDBnTRBK7b

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      1. GPG‏ @emjnlz01 8 Aug 2017
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        As main CAUSE consider Fed creating $4 trillion to drive up stock, bond prices benefiting greatly the top few percent. Well?

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      1. patrick callahan‏ @patrick65374080 8 Aug 2017
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        Politicians do very well . Ask the Clintons

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      1. ..... 📡 OBE, GCB, KT‏ @ProbablyTooMuch 8 Aug 2017
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        2/ in a second language... at one point you have enough 'correctness' that returns to scale, or accelerated mastery, occurs... makes sense

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      1. ..... 📡 OBE, GCB, KT‏ @ProbablyTooMuch 8 Aug 2017
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        1/ organizing one's limited resources to building the skills/networks that are relevant to the future could be thought of as getting fluent

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