“We’ve all heard that the American Dream is vanishing, and that the cause is rising income inequality. The rich are getting richer by rigging the system in their favor, leaving the rest of us to struggle just to keep our heads above water. To save the American Dream, we’re told that we need to fight inequality through tax hikes, wealth redistribution schemes, and a far higher minimum wage.” In Equal is Unfair, Don Watkins and Yaron Brook show that the real threat to the American Dream is the war on success and that the proposed solutions by egalitarians will make things worse for everyone in the long run.
