A new blog post [1] from Ross Douthat addresses this in an interesting way. Part of the inequality picture is that demographic changes in recent decades, with

A new blog post [1] from Ross Douthat addresses this in an interesting way. Part of the inequality picture is that demographic changes in recent decades, with women becoming a significant part of the workforce, and the rise of single-parent households, has skewed family-based inequality significantly. In the referenced article, Douthat considers the underlying causes of that. Essentially, are the changing rules in society (taboos about sex, marriage, divorce, etc.) dooming those who already don't have a strong societal backdrop to guide them? [1] http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/?module=BlogMain&action=Click&region=Header&pgtype=Blogs&version=Blog%20Post&contentCollection=Opinion http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/?module=BlogMain&action=Cli...