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Did you go to university? beeg But, Reich points out, inequality fell as productivity rose for several reasons: Workers had strong negotiating power through unions.〓Globalization had yet to pit U.S. workers against low-cost foreign labor.〓Higher education (the key to economic advancement) was very affordable.〓And taxes at the top brackets were high: as much as a 70 percent marginal rate for much of this period.
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