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Ben Friedman

Brief Bio: American political economist

Lived: 1944-

For further info: en.wikipedia.org

Quotes:

“The stagnation of American middle-class living standards”

I believe that the rising intolerance and incivility and the eroding generosity and openness that have marked important aspects of American society in the recent past have been, in significant part, a consequence of the stagnation of American middle-class living standards.

2005 from the book The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth

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