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lots of people have commented recently on even-more-famous people (president obama, the pope) commenting on inequality. this incidental economist post is particularly clear and helpful.  the main, brief point i want to make here is about precision of language. ‘inequality’ is a word that should rarely be used alone. it is much more helpful to specifyContinue reading “i’m pretty cool with the fact that very few* women get prostate cancer (talking about inequality, in advance of #SOTU)”