Check out Max Borders‘ latest Ideas Matter update for an excerpt from his upcoming book on wealth inequality, along with a featured video clip targeting Occupy Wall Street.
Interesting that Prof. [Chris] Coyne has picked up on the “Makers and Takers” trope. It’s a good one, so we should probably keep using it. When we make the distinction between the productive class and the parasitic class, we can go a long way towards reconciliation and positive social change. Because currently, you see, people are very confused about the make up of the “one percent.”