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Unequal Lives
- Dissent
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Volume 63, Number 3, Summer 2016
- pp. 122-127
- 10.1353/dss.2016.0052
- Article
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In 2013, New York City elected a new mayor, Bill de Blasio, who dominated the Democratic primary and the general election with a laser-like focus on the issue of economic inequality. In a class-stratified city like New York, primarily run by the wealthy and powerful, addressing poverty is no simple task. What can a mayor of New York City actually do about economic inequality?