Conor Sen: Watch midsize cities fight inequality and gridlock

Conor Sen: Watch midsize cities fight inequality and gridlock

Megacities are too costly and seem immune to reform, while rural America is depopulating and lacks resources

The defining questions of our time might be: How is America going to reduce inequality and reform its dysfunctional political institutions?

At the national level, with the 2020 presidential election approaching, the choice appears to be between a coalition of voters from large urban areas, and another made up of voters from rural areas. No matter who wins, the overwhelming likelihood is that a septuagenarian president will lead the country into the next decade, with all that implies.But the greatest short-term progress on inequality […]

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