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Wealth inequality may be real, but is it unfair? And what does it mean for a society to be unfair? Learn Liberty asked these questions to two professors -- a libertarian (Professor Steve Horwitz), and a Rawlsian philosopher (Professor Jeffrey Reiman) -- in a debate on inequality in America. See the full debate: http://lrnlbty.co/10hObEh

The distribution of wealth in America is dramatically lopsided towards the 1% - a point vividly demonstrated in "Wealth Inequality in America," and agreed upon by both professors. For many, there is something intuitively and philosophically unfair about this inequality. "We are the 99%!" is a mantra of Occupy Wall Street's dissatisfaction, and a protest against America's status quo.

"Wealth Inequality in America" draws a striking picture, but is that the whole story?

Professor Horwitz says that "Wealth Inequality in America" misses a central point: do the poor in our society regularly lift themselves out of poverty? "How easy is it, or how difficult is it, for folks who start off poor, to no longer be poor?"

Check out the full debate to hear Professor Reiman's response to Horwitz's arguments about wealth in America: http://lrnlbty.co/10hObEh.

Filmed at the 2013 International Students for Liberty Conference. https://www.studentsforliberty.com

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