Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics & International Affairs at Princeton University and Keynote speaker at the Work That Works: An Agenda for Shared Prosperity Forum, states that there appears to be quite a lot that a political process can do about inequality.
Krugman points out that current tax and social insurance make quite a difference when it comes to inequality. (0:35)
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February 22, 2007
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