"The thing that stands in the way of a global agreement is the incredible inequity and the gulf between rich and poor which makes the future look very different, depending on where you live.

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Chrystia Freeland wrote a very thorough piece in the Atlantic in January that laid out the widening gulf between the very rich and very poor.

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The gulf between rich and poor has widened with the influx of money through the Bowl Championship Series, the system that selects two teams to play for the national title.

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We cannot let the gulf between rich and poor in this country continue to expand in the next decade.

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