Can America Escape Its Second Gilded Age?
Extreme and rising income and wealth inequalities are derailing human progress and undermining American democracy at a time when we need effective governance to tackle problems like climate change. Yet despite all the fodder for pessimists, history shows that the optimists still have a strong case.
BERKELEY – Some of us are more optimistic than others about the future. We optimists recognize that it is still possible to escape from the traps that America’s Second Gilded Age has laid.