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by cadlin 2804 days ago
The article doesn't argue this is the reason for inequality. It's just a piece of trivia.

>Americans are used to thinking that their nation is special. In many ways, it is: the U.S. has by far the most Nobel Prize winners, the largest defense expenditures (almost equal to the next 10 or so countries put together) and the most billionaires (twice as many as China, the closest competitor).