As a teacher of courses on inequality and justice I've often speculated about why Americans put up with so much economic unfairness. But the truth is I just don't get it. The gap is real, and growing.
Poverty persists and even worsens despite the decline in welfare rolls.
Journalists salivate over a bounding stock market, failing to ask presidential candidates what they propose for those without portfolios. What saddens me most is that so many people grow up aiming for privileged lives. We don't have just an income and resource gap. We have an expectations gap. Inflated expectations are everywhere.