BIG ISSUES: THE ROOTS OF AMERICA’S EXCEPTIONAL INEQUALITY


BIG ISSUES: THE ROOTS OF AMERICA’S EXCEPTIONAL INEQUALITY

JACOB S. HACKER

Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University

U.S. poverty rates by county. Source: Wikimedia.
In Yale SOM’s Global Leadership: Big Issues course, Yale experts lead discussions of some of the most significant challenges facing the planet. Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker joined the class to discuss the tax, policy, and political forces that have disproportionately benefited the richest Americans —and caused many to feel left behind. WATCH THE VIDEO >

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