Jacob Hacker on Economic Inequality

Foreign Affairs Focus on Economic Inequality & Its Roots with Jacob S. Hacker

Editor Gideon Rose and "Winner-Take-All Politics" author Jacob Hacker explore why income inequality in the United States has grown so signicantly. Those arguing that globalization and technological advancement are the reason for this trend often overlook the role of lobbying and deliberate policy decisions.

Dr. Hacker is the director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University.

Read a review of his book and more articles on this topic at http://ForeignAffairs.com.