Equal is unfair America's misguided fight against income inequality
Argues that the solution to increasing income inequality in the United States is not to increase taxes on the rich, but to phase out welfare programs and create a culture of achievement.
| Main Authors: | Watkins, Don, 1982- (Author), Brook, Yaron (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
St. Martin's Press,
[2016]
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| Summary: |
Argues that the solution to increasing income inequality in the United States is not to increase taxes on the rich, but to phase out welfare programs and create a culture of achievement. To save the American Dream we're told that we need to fight inequality through tax hikes, wealth redistribution schemes, and a far higher minimum wage. Watkins and Brook believe that the American Dream is under attack-- but that the real key to making America a freer, fairer, more prosperous nation is to protect and celebrate the pursuit of success. They show that the minimum wage hurts the very people it purports to help, and that middle-class stagnation is a myth. |
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| Physical Description: |
258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781250084446 (hardcover) 125008444X (hardcover) |
| Author Notes: |
Don Watkins is coauthor, with Yaron Brook, of the bestseller Free Market Revolution. A fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute and a former Forbes.com columnist, Watkins writes for The Guardian, USA Today, and FoxNews.com, among many others. He is the host of the podcast The Debt Dialogues. |