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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about

politics. It's Thursday, March 12th. I'm Dorothy

Wicenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

The facts are we're facing right now a divided America when it comes to the economy. It is

true that the top 1% are doing great under Barack Obama.

That was Senator Ted Cruz, attacking President Obama's state of union address earlier this year.

Since then, just about all of the potential Republican nominees have picked up on the

inequality rhetoric, prompting this response from Obama at a recent DNC meeting.

What we talk about helping people earn higher wages and better skills, We put forward specific programs. Tell us how

you're helping middle class families, because we got an agenda, and we know it works. Don't just talk

about it. I'm joined today by New Yorker staff writers, Jill Lepore and George Packer, to discuss

the rhetoric of inequality as the 2016 election campaign gets underway.

So, Jill, we've known for a long time that the U.S. has really the most gaping divide

between rich and poor of any developed country. But before we go any further, how has that

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