The Return of Inequality

The great bulk of Americans are losing economic and political power, while the affluent are gaining both .This is not a recipe for social comity

By Thomas Byrne Edsall

About the Author

Thomas B. Edsall is the Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor at the Columbia School of Journalism. He covered national politics for the Washington Post for 25 years and currently writes a weekly online column for the New York Times. He is the author of The Age of Austerity.