Rich man, poor man: The gaps are widening at home and abroad | Opinion | The Seattle Times
"One percent of Americans now control 40 percent of the nation’s wealth. Notwithstanding all the campaign talk about our middle class — a group clearly vital for stable growth and a strong democracy — we’re losing economic ground. We claim, notes Stiglitz, that we’re an opportunity society. But the chances of moving from childhood poverty to adult prosperity in America have become exceedingly dim."
