The Rich, the Right, and the Facts: Deconstructing the Inequality Debate In 1992, economist Paul Krugman, now a New York Times columnist, published this article in the Fall issue of The American Prospect. Today, his assertions hold up, especially in answer to the conservative critics of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century . Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the Fa
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