“Murray’s new thesis is that we are mistakenly thinking about the 99% v. the 1%. Instead, we should be looking at the gap between the upper 20% and the lower 30%. These two tribes are increasingly isolated from each other. They differ not only in terms of their bank account balance, but in their behavior. Brie v. Pork Rinds. SATS and college tours v. guns and fireworks. Because he focuses on white America, Murray doesn’t get tied up in the race problem, which plagued him in the past.”
Apt. 11D: Charles Murray on Income Inequality
