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Market Mad House

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

Is the Federal Reserve to Blame for Income Inequality?

May 11, 2015March 28, 2016 daniel Annaly, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Federal Reserve, Income Inequality, NLY, QE2, Quantitative Easing, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Thomas Piketty

There is some merit to Denahan’s arguments; quantitative easing does drive income inequality in two ways

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What is the Cause of Income Inequality?

December 26, 2014June 8, 2020 daniel Amazon, AMZN, Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, Capital in the 21st Century, COST, Costco, Disruptive Technology, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Elizabeth Warren, Family Dollar, FDO, Income Inequality, Karl Marx, Thomas Piketty, Venmo, Visa, Wal-Mart

You see the problem here. Technology is most likely to take the jobs of those members of the working and lower middle classes that make the most. It also takes the jobs that provide them with some upward mobility. This