"Inequality is not the same thing as unfairness; and, to my mind, it is the latter that has incited so much political turmoil in the rich world today" says Deaton
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A Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Thinks We’re asking All the Wrong Questions About Inequality
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Are we confusing unfairness with inequality.
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