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Scottish Dragon2/21/2017 9:32:22 am PST

re: #326 Blind Frog Belly White

“Just because they also hate Trump doesn’t mean they aren’t full of shit, Chapter N+1”

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Ignoring flat wages, falling median income, falling average family wealth, disappearance of stability in employment, Nichols blames Americans’ dissatisfaction with their economic lot on people learning how much others make.

Ironically, the guy now peddling a book on the Death Of Expertise is spinning horseshit easily debunked by anyone actually working in the field.

I like a lot of what Tom writes, but much of that thread was nonsense. He completely dismisses the massive rise in income equality.