The liberal posture really requires a willingness to give to others, and that works, as I say, when you have an expanding pie. But if you don't have an expanding pie, everyone starts hunkering down. — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
Conservatives are tougher. They fight harder, they fight for their own, and they're willing to win for themselves and they're willing to impose pain… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
“the Reagan years "produced one of the most dramatic redistributions of income in the nation's history…The income of families in the bottom decile fell… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
The liberal posture really requires a willingness to give to others, and that works, as I say, when you have an expanding pie. But… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
I think, and there's a pretty strong economic consensus on this, that at that juncture you should spend more, even though it may sound… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
America has tolerated inequality because people think they can get ahead. If you have immobility on top of inequality, then people are not going… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
