The cost of income inequality

Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 1:35 p.m.

A new study from the RAND Corporation revisits an old idea: the gap between the rich and poor is widening. But it presents striking data that shows income inequality has cost the bottom 90% of workers about $2.5 trillion. And, negotiations on a $908 billion coronavirus relief bill appear stalled Tuesday morning.

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