WE SHOULD PROBABLY FIND A WAY TO BAN THIS, SINCE INCOME INEQUALITY IS OUR GREATEST PROBLEM, EXCEPT MAYBE FOR GLOBAL WARMING: The Marriages of Power Couples Reinforce Income Inequality. “These days, an investment banker may marry another investment banker rather than a high school sweetheart, or a lawyer will marry another lawyer, or a prestigious client, rather than a secretary. Whether measured in terms of income or education, there are more so-called power couples today than in the past, one manifestation of a phenomenon known as assortative mating, or more generally the pairing of like with like. These matches are great for those individuals who can build prosperous and happy family alliances, but they also propagate inequality across the generations. Of all the causes behind growing income inequality, in the longer run this development may prove one of the most significant and also one of the hardest to counter.”

Well, I’ve offered some reform proposals that would help.