Where the Money Is: America’s Obscene Wealth Gap

Tuesday June 24, The New Republic Organized a special live event: “Where money is: the obscene wealth gap of America”, a conversation between TNR staff and contributory writers on extreme economic inequalities in our country and how it affects our policy.

Without a doubt, Donald Trump and his authoritarian maga are a threat to American democracy, but the greatest threat is the gap of obscene wealth that has enabled its increase. This conversation, which marked the launch of the TNR special number in July / August on the same subject, relied on our exclusive survey, our original reports and net comments.

Look at the full event here

This livestream presented four key contributors to the question:

• Michael Tomaskyeditor of chief The New RepublicPresents the problem with the letter from its publisher, the question of obscene richness, which frames inequality as the decisive crisis behind the democratic decline.
• Timothy NoahStaff editor, retraces five decades of elite and power of the middle class in decline in “How billionaires have taken over”, showing how the concentration of wealth was born the modern oligarchy.
• Joe ConasonEditor-in-chief of the national note, delivers a scathing account of the corruption of Trump’s second term in “Diry Auto-Decaling by Donald Trump”, documenting how the public service has become a personal profit center.
• Abigail DisneyAward -winning director and philanthropic, contributes to a powerful first -person call to action in “The rich should pay more – and yes, that means me”, asserting arguments for the taxes on wealth and moral responsibility.