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by Noaidi 2 hours ago
Have you lived through the late 90s big tech boom or the current AI boom?
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> Have you lived through the late 90s big tech boom or the current AI boom?

Inequality (at least in the US) started growing in the 1980s, after Reagan got elected. For causes I'd start with these:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics