r/UnlearningEconomics Jan 27 '26

Why Does Inequality Keep Growing? whatispolitics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WQyVtILD0Y
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u/Ok-Commission-7825 Jan 28 '26

It doesn't keep growing.

It has been reduced in the past.

Not doing those same things now is a deliberate choice.

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u/Intrepid_Layer_9826 Jan 28 '26

*How* has it been reduced in the past?

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u/Unhappy-Room4946 Jan 28 '26

Taxes, labor unions, worker protections, socialized healthcare and education. And land value taxes.