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Equal is unfair, America's misguided fight against income inequality, Don Watkins and Yaron Brook

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and index

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Equal is unfair

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Don Watkins and Yaron Brook

America's misguided fight against income inequality

Argues that the solution to increasing income inequality in the United States is not to increase taxes on the rich, but to phase out welfare programs and create a culture of achievementTo save the American Dream we're told that we need to fight inequality through tax hikes, wealth redistribution schemes, and a far higher minimum wage. Watkins and Brook believe that the American Dream is under attack-- but that the real key to making America a freer, fairer, more prosperous nation is to protect and celebrate the pursuit of success. They show that the minimum wage hurts the very people it purports to help, and that middle-class stagnation is a myth

Part 1. Making sense of the inequality debate -- Who cares about inequality? -- Examining the inequality narrative -- Part 2. Discovering the American dream -- The land of opportunity -- The conditions of progress -- Part 3. The betrayal of opportunity -- The war on opportunity -- The money-makers and the money-appropriators -- Understanding the campaign against inequality -- Conclusion: How to save the American dream