Inequality In America

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According to Douglas Massey, America is so exceptional because "The United States is exceptional among developed nations for the amount of inequality it tolerates. As always, America's heritage of racism render it unique among developed nations and quite exceptional in how it has responded to the inequality-producing pressures pressures that inevitably arise from globalization". Two factors that I believe contributes to inequality is deunionization and the minimum wage. The minimum wage during the 1900s were decreasing instead of increasing. It effected many people because people that were once in the middle class got pushed down to the poverty line. In the article, it mentions "A more comprehensive and well-controlled analysis by Bartels

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