The Upside of Inequality

The Upside of InequalityBy: Edward Conard The scourge of Americas economy isn't the success of the 1 percentquite the opposite. The real problem is the governments well meaning but misguided attempt to reduce the payoffs for success. Four years ago, Edward Conard wrote a controversial bestseller, Unintended Consequences, which set the record straight on the financial crisis of 2008 and explained why U. S. growth was accelerating relative to other high wage economies. He

we meet many other unforgettable charac­ters as well

from a Jewish woman raising Black children in the American South—based on her acclaimed Paris Review column “Happily”

While Rosabelle can read chapter books in her head

and the meaning of life itself

a woman who cannot bear horses

When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris in 1919

uncertain days of perestroika

of course) and explain all the great things waiting in the outside world (cupcakes

Food and medical supplies are dwindling

Which animal can breathe through its bottom

immigrant son Nikolaus McGovern rallies together a motley crew of street youths in a rip-roaring coming-of-age adventure based on the period history of antebellum New York City

Unfortunately for Olivia