It's clear the US economy is giving average American workers the short end of the stick
Get the Full StoryJustin Sullivan Getty ImagesIf you break down the data about the US economy two things become clear: the country is growing slower than decades past and less of the growth is going to average workers.
GDP has grown much slower in the past two decades than the decades before.
And what growth there is, more and more is going to the wealthy and less and less is going to workers.
Dan Alpert is an adjunct professor at Cornell Law School and a founding managing partner of the New York investment bank Westwood Capital LLC.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
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