> The jump is from "wealth inequality" to "power inequality." It's not clear that the former causes the latter. Well, there is that paper from Gilens and Page

> The jump is from "wealth inequality" to "power inequality." It's not clear that the former causes the latter. Well, there is that paper from Gilens and Page that argues otherwise (http://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Gilens%20and%20Page/Gilens%20and%20Page%202014-Testing%20Theories%203-7-14.pdf http://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materi...): Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.