UC Berkeley profs concerned about income inequality spread the wealth

Jul 02, 2016 10:23 AM
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UC Berkeley profs concerned about income inequality spread the wealth

The message is clear: If you want to make far more money than the average American, get a university job that involves calling for more equal distribution of income:

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This dose of hypocrisy comes courtesy of College Fix:

Several UC Berkeley economics professors who support “income inequality” research each earn more than $300,000 a year, putting them in the top 2 percent of the public university’s salary distribution, according to a recent report by a nonpartisan California think tank.

The report pointed out that the prominent scholars leading or advising the Cal Berkeley Center for Equitable Growth are richly compensated as professors, even as the center seeks to research ways to create economic growth that is “fairly shared,” the center’s website states.

They’re demonstrating how to spread the wealth … among themselves.

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