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I classify myself as a conservative and I did not expect to like these essays or learn anything from them, but I learned quite a bit. Some of the issues she addresses have just flown right over my head and I was not aware of them. For instance, the plight of adjunct college teachers and the way unpaid internships have excluded all but the rich from the best opportunities in politics, law, and other choice professions. I had no idea that The Atlantic is not paying most of its writers, although it is making healthy profits. I did not know that academic papers were all hidden behind a paywall and that this excludes the common man from accessing important information. I also did not know that the writers of those papers make nothing from the pay-for-play websites. I didn't like or agree with all the essays and I'm not about to run out and protest for a 15$ an hour minimum wage, but there was enough there to give me a much better idea of what, exactly, is meant by the catch- phrase, "income inequality" and why people are so upset about it. We are headed into a century where there is going to be very little class mobility unless some changes are made. In retrospect, maybe the "complaining" was not so bad. I was more open to acknowledge the existence of the problems she identifies because they were not presented with solutions I would have despised.