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Can capitalism cure poverty?
America is more unequal today than ever before, and inequality is on the rise in China and India too. Is capitalism the cause of inequality 鈥� or the best way to help the poor? Deirdre McCloskey is emeritus economics professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
(Photo: A woman walks past a poor man. Credit: Getty Images)
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