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Sep 2024
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Economist Lars Osberg's new book The Sca...

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From the massive profits declared by our national grocery chains, to people living in tents across the country, economic inequality seems more evident now than it has in generations. Lars Osberg explores how inequality is growing at an accelerated pace in his new book The Scandalous Rise Of Inequality In Canada.

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