Introduction -- The wealth divide between rich and poor harms the us economy / Jonathan Rauch -- Income inequality is not a problem and does not explain poverty / Ryan Messmore -- A cell phone in every pot / Aparna Mathur -- Income inequality causes serious social ills and should be reduced / Thomas L. Hungerford -- Income inequality is not unfair and does not need to be eliminated / Arthur C. Brooks -- Wealth inequality increased during the great recession / Benjamin Landy -- A house divided / Thomas J. Sugrue -- Disparities in achievement along racial and ethnic lines are the norm / Thomas Sowell -- Race, wealth, and intergenerational poverty / Darrick Hamilton -- The government should help people save to shrink the wealth gap / Noah Smith -- It is immoral to redistribute wealth to alleviate inequality / Robert A. Levy -- Inequality should not be reduced by taxing the rich but by helping the poor / James Q. Wilson -- Americans want less wealth inequality than currently exists / Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely -- That americans want less wealth inequality is irrelevant / Max Borders -- The unequal wealth created by the rich is essential for the economy / Richard A. Epstein -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index.