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Mind the gap

By John Plender

Published: April 7 2008 18:37 | Last updated: April 7 2008 18:37

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Income inequality in the US is at its highest since that most doom-laden of years: 1929. Throughout the main English-speaking economies, earnings disparities have reached extremes not seen since the age of The Great Gatsby.

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