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Voter laws: Imposter anxiety

The Economist

DEFENDERS of North Carolina’s new voter-ID law have been crowing this week. “Hundreds of cases of potential voter fraud uncovered in North Carolina,” declared a recent Fox News headline. “Study finds 765 cases of NC voter fraud in 2012 election” echoed…

According to the following graph from economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, the share of the nation’s wealth held by the 0.1% is now back to pre-Great Depression/New Deal levels, on par with what it was before World War I or…