The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution
2017-04-01T21:00:03-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMTk2XC8yMDE3MDQwMTIxMDMyNzAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Professor Ganesh Sitaraman talked about his book The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic, in which he says that the Founders didn’t address the threat of income inequality in America because they lived during a time of relative economic equality and a solid middle class. He argues that today they would support amending the Constitution to address the problem.
Professor Ganesh Sitaraman talked about his book The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic, in… read more
Professor Ganesh Sitaraman talked about his book The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic, in which he says that the Founders didn’t address the threat of income inequality in America because they lived during a time of relative economic equality and a solid middle class. He argues that today they would support amending the Constitution to address the problem. close
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