From the day they are born, people's chances in life differ. Some inherit money, social status, and good health; others are given far less. Justice, for some, is about redistributing the benefits and burdens, and providing an equality of opportunity...
Wealth has always been unevenly distributed in the United States. Even at the time of the Revolution almost half of the wealth was concentrated in an estimated 10% of the population. With the rise of capitalism in the mid-19th century that disparity...