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-IheEconomisr'ssuryeyoffalenit|oclotr.j(7Ih2006)examinestheimpactofglobalmefilocracy-
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wrote hls book lnequaldFs are
ln some ways things are worse lhan they were when Young .
early 2oth-century levels and
-"J \/via"r'_ m rr,lir, emerica ano crrina ttrev are retumingio
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samuel Huntington, a political scrent'st, ;;;;; ;;i "
'maior gap is growng.in Arnerica
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