MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Inequality and the 2016 Race

On today’s Morning Joe, Steven Rattner discusses how rising income inequality and stagnant middle class wages might be contributing to the popularity of outsider candidates (like Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and Ben Carson) in the 2016 race. For charts, click here.

Is inequality driving outsider candidates?

Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner joins Morning Joe with charts to show how economic insecurity may help drive the popularity of candidates like Donald Trump and Ben Carson.

On today’s Morning Joe, Steven Rattner discusses how rising income inequality and stagnant middle class wages might be contributing to the popularity of outsider candidates (like Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and Ben Carson) in the 2016 race.

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“[a] surprisingly modest account…Rattner has a journalistic talent for the telling detail, resulting in a memorable tale of life in the middle of the economic meltdown...Rattner deftly draws portraits of the inhabitants of "the Oval" and the West Wing...Rattner has proved himself a gifted chronicler.”
-Time Magazine

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