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Since the early days of the American republic, political thinkers have maintained that a grossly unequal division of property, wealth, and power would lead to the erosion of democratic life. Yet over the past thirty-five years, neoconservatives and neoliberals alike have redrawn the tenets of American liberalism. Nowhere is this more evident than in our current mainstream political discourse, in which the politics of economic inequality are rarely discussed.

Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy - but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economically advantaged.

"Villager’s Execution in China Ignites Uproar Over Inequality of Justice" is from the November 20, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Javier C. Hernandez and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Is Vast Inequality Necessary?" is from the Columns section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.