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Several prominent economists now reckon that inequality was a root cause of the financial crisis: politicians tried to counter the growing gap between rich and poor by encouraging poorer folk to take on more credit (see article).
ECONOMIST: Inequality: The rich and the rest | The
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Some counter that the hours gap would shrink if employers offered more family-friendly policies, such as flexible hours and easier on-off ramps for moving in and out of the workforce.
WSJ: Kay Hymowitz: Why Women Make Less Than Men
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Brands in all categories overall have kept up by only 8%, which anyone at the checkout counter can tell you is an awfully big gap between what you have and what the customer really desires.
FORBES: Lucky Thirteen: Trends for 2013
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The counter shop lives on, seemingly now mainly run in Britain by enterprising Indians and Pakistanis who have found a gap in the market and are every bit as polite as the assistants who used to be behind Sainsbury's marble counters.
ECONOMIST: Lord Sainsbury