Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals Our Economic Inequality

The coronavirus crisis reveals deep fissures that have long existed in our country. “Economic Dignity,” a new book by Gene Sperling, a former national economic advisor to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, provides important insight into some of those chasms related to economic inequality. In a vivid and timely way, Sperling’s book highlights the “dissonance between our nation’s labeling of workers as ‘essential’ and ‘heroes’ and their limited wages, benefits and ability to organize.”