nice essay on why people should reject the 'Income inequality in the US is increasing' thesis.
Because that thesis is not true.
Income inequality might be large here, but it's not getting any bigger.
The trick is that most analysts, for some reason, look at pretax income only, and don't count gummint handouts as income.
Count tax policy, count handouts and tax credits, as you should, and income inequality is stable.
Corollary to this is that government policy to redistribute wealth works.
Government policy works.
Say that three more times, trumpists.
Government policy works.
((PS: I believe wealth inequality *has* increased (but not as much as the headline numbers suggest)but that's another story))