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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
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Between 1981 and 1986, the top income tax rate was cut from 70 percent to 28 percent. Meanwhile, taxes on the bottom four-fifths of earners rose. Economic inequality, which had flatlined, began to climb.
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