MIDDLEBURY — Research has shown that three billionaires today own as much wealth as the bottom half of U.S. households combined. The Middlebury College Economics Department next week will sponsor a talk by an expert who will give an in-depth analysis of the root causes of inequalities of wealth and power across our society. Chuck Collins, director of the Program on Inequality at the Institute for Policy Studies/Co-editor of Inequality.org, will focus on tax and other public policies that would effectively … (read more)