One phrase that received little attention during the Republican presidential debate last week was income inequality. While Jeb Bush talked about creating an economic growth rate of 4 percent, I am not sure that we can take him seriously as his policies seem to be a repeat of those of his father and his brother. Instead, talk of income inequality and solutions to it have fallen mostly to the Democratic presidential candidates - Senator Bernie Sanders, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and ex-Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley - chief among them.
There is growing evidence throughout the world that the austerity policies practiced in many nations have failed to restore prosperity and have instead created more misery
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