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Title: The American Dream is a myth, says Nobel-prize winner
Source: CNN/Money
URL Source: http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/22/new ... onomy/stiglitz-american-dream/
Published: Apr 24, 2015
Author: Tami Luhby
Post Date: 2015-04-24 10:32:47 by Willie Green
Keywords: None
Views: 7639
Comments: 41

It has become increasingly difficult for Americans to climb the economic ladder, says Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel-prize winning economist.

The U.S. has one of the highest levels of income inequality among its peers and is among the worst in offering equal opportunities for advancement, said Stiglitz, who spoke Tuesday in New York City. Whether an American gets ahead is also more dependent on the income and education of their parents, he said.

"The American Dream is a myth," said Stiglitz.

A left-leaning authority on income inequality who teaches at Columbia University, Stiglitz is on a publicity tour for his new book, The Great Divide, which is a compilation of his articles on unequal societies for the New York Times, Vanity Fair and other publications.

His timing couldn't be better. Income inequality and economic mobility have already emerged as hot topics for the 2016 presidential election, with candidates on both sides of the aisle offering their prescriptions for solving the growing income gap. Stiglitz is one of several economists who has spoken with Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on these issues.

Stiglitz argued that income inequality in America is not just the result of market forces, but also politics and policies put in place by lawmakers and companies, particularly after Ronald Reagan's election in 1980.

He noted that the post-World War II era was prosperous for both the American economy and its workers. But since then wages have stagnated, with median income falling to where it was 40 years ago. Meanwhile, CEO pay has risen to 300 times the average worker's income, up from 30 times. He also said that minimum wage jobs are increasingly held by a family's primary breadwinner, instead of a teen looking for part-time work.

According to Stiglitz, there's no magic bullet to solving income inequality. One way to combat it, he said, is to lessen the monopolist power of companies, which leads to lower wages.

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#5. To: Willie Green (#0)

"He also said that minimum wage jobs are increasingly held by a family's primary breadwinner, instead of a teen looking for part-time work."

That's gonna happen when you set the minimum wage at $20 an hour and make it a "living" wage.

You reap what you sow. Now, what does the teen do to acquire work experience?

misterwhite  posted on  2015-04-24   11:32:58 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: misterwhite (#5)

That's gonna happen when you set the minimum wage at $20 an hour and make it a "living" wage.

No, that's gonna happen when the corporate asshats downsize and outsource skilled manufacturing jobs and the idiot politicians hype low-wage service sector instead.

It's the "Giant Sucking Sound" that Ross Perot warned us about over 20 years ago, and Elizabeth Warren is the only credible politician who's telling it like it is today. The rest are a bunch of sleazy corporate suckups and sockpuppets.

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#8. To: Willie Green (#6)

"No, that's gonna happen when the corporate asshats downsize and outsource skilled manufacturing jobs"

Uh-huh. And THAT happens because the federal government (and unions) force companies to pay their employees more than they're worth.

You go right ahead and tell all employers to pay a "living" wage, and watch as they ship every job they can overseas where those countries are not as "enlightened" as you are.

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