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Why is there No Class Warfare in the US? American Exceptionalism and Inequality

Chuck Collins: April 23, 2003; Running Time: 1:17:41

About the Lecture

About the Lecture

In this talk, Collins discusses the economic impact of the (then) proposed and (now) passed into law Bush tax cut, and issues around distribution of wealth. United for a Fair Economy is a national non-partisan organization that draws attention to the dangerous consequences of growing income and wealth inequality in the US and inspires action to reduce economic inequality.

Lecture Details

Location: 3-443

About the Speaker

Chuck Collins

Co-Founder and Program Director, United for a Fair Economy and Responsible Wealth

Chuck Collins is the co-founder and Program Director of United for a Fair Economy and Responsible Wealth in Boston. He is co-author of several books about economic inequality including Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity. His latest book, co-authored with William Gates, Sr., is Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes (2003).

Mr. Collins holds a B.A. in History & Economics from Hampshire College (1984) and an M.B.A. in Community Economic Development from New Hampshire College (1987).