Choose Your Explanation

By Ross Douthat
When it comes to that Larry Bartels chart comparing income growth (and its distribution) under Democratic Presidents to the same numbers under Republicans, I find the Cowen-Tabarrok explanation vastly more persuasive than the Klein explanation. But you may disagree.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2008/04/choose-your-explanation/53980/