Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Economic Inequality in the United States
Lars Osberg · 1984
65/100
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Osberg does something a lot of inequality books skip — he lays out the competing economic schools of thought fairly before making his own case and offering real policy ideas. The catch is the data and policy context are from 1984, so it reads more like a useful theoretical framework than current analysis.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety88
Substance / usefulness72
Craft & writing62
Originality60
Evidence & accuracy70
Hype vs delivers45
Age-fit78
Human-eye read58
Penny’s verdict65
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