U.S. Income Inequality Explained by Steve Rattner
Channel: New America
Date: 29/05/2014

If you want to learn about U.S. wealth and income inequality, and only have the time it takes heat your lunch, we've got you covered. As part of New America's 10 Big Ideas conference, Steven Rattner, Chairman of Willett Advisors and a Board Member at New America, described how unequal we are, compared to our own history and our global competitors. For his full presentation and the q-and-a with CNN's Van Jones, click here. But, for the microwave version, the video above boils it down to four minutes. His first slide refers to the work of Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez.