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What does it mean?
Government fails when politics turns into a fight over income shares.
In plain terms
Fighting over money ruins good government.
What can you take from it?
Avoid politics focused solely on wealth distribution.

Where it applies

  • elections
  • policy debates
  • public administration

Putting it to work

  • reframing political discourse
  • focusing on growth

Questions to consider

  • Can politics focus on anything else?
  • What defines decent government?

Another view

Income shares are often central to politics.

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