It sure is strange how things that seem good for the poor are really quite bad for them, but as it turns out, things that seem good for the rich are actually good for them, and not only for them, but for the rest of us as well.

Eduardo M. Peñalver is the Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Cornell Law School. The views expressed in the piece are his own, and should not be attributed to Cornell University or Cornell Law School.

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