Look Past Taxes to Fix Global Puzzle of Inequality: Clive Crook

Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats in the U.S. have decidedto make inequality a central issue in next year’s elections. I’dquestion whether that’s good politics. Even in hard times,American voters aren’t easily persuaded by appeals to classinterests.

Yet even setting electoral tactics aside, a focus oninequality seems unlikely to lead to better policy, especiallyif you look at how current U.S. policy choices stack up againstthose of other advanced industrialized economies.