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Politics

The Disease of Inequality that Joe Biden Is Unlikely to Cure

Joe Biden has clinched the White House—something that a large number of Americans find worthy of celebration. But while there is something cathartic about the thought of putting the Trump…

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9 min

Culture & Media

Thomas Piketty’s “Capitalism and Ideology.” Book Review.

Thomas Piketty is a French economist and former wunderkind, who obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics at twenty-two. He is also that rarest of things: a bestselling academic author.…

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7 min

Psychology

Are We Too Irrational for Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance?

The veil of ignorance, proposed in John Rawls’ 1971 book, A Theory of Justice, is a key concept in the liberal pursuit of a just society. Rawls suggests that, when…

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12 min

All or Nothing: Why Our Discussions Over Inequality Go Nowhere

In spite of Barack Obama’s 2013 declaration that inequality is the “defining challenge of our time,” we remain paralyzed in our inability to have productive conversations about it, especially when it comes…

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Inequality

The Disease of Inequality that Joe Biden Is Unlikely to Cure

Thomas Piketty’s “Capitalism and Ideology.” Book Review.

Are We Too Irrational for Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance?

All or Nothing: Why Our Discussions Over Inequality Go Nowhere

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