WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rising inequality can damage economic growth and social ties, and may also cause political instability, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned in a speech on Tuesday.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde sounded the trumpet on rising income disparities for the second time this month, in a speech at Stanford University, after also broaching the issue during a lecture at the BBC.
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