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Obama was right: To boost the economy, spread the wealth, two new IMF studies indicate

by Christopher Ingraham

Two recent reports from the International Monetary Fund – one just out today – make a compelling case that not only is inequality bad for economic growth, but redistributive policies might also actually be good for it.

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