This unlocking of value occurs for a variety of supposed reasons, my favorite having been the fact that the more focused firms are easier to understand and analyze more thoughtfully: All else being equal, increased clarity leads to better analysis, more likely by industry experts, which boosts confidence and in turn leads to higher valuation metrics.

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Assuming that an honest interpretation the Constitution, particularly the 14th Amendment and its Equal Protection Clause, leads the Court to once again confirm the constitutionality of affirmative action programs (as they have historically done), we can then address the political question of whether or not affirmative action programs were ever appropriate and if they were whether they still necessary to meet the goals for which they were intended.

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After comparing various unequal countries and American states with more equal ones, the authors concluded that greater inequality leads to more crime, higher infant mortality, fatter citizens, shorter lives, more teenage pregnancies, more discrimination against women and so on.

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Which leads us to why we would expect the US in this situation to be a more equal country.

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