Economic inequality has become a hot topic recently, with Pope Francis becoming just the latest high profile individual to criticize what is seen as a growing trend. Last night, however, another big name expressed a very different viewpoint — economic inequality can be good, but some people are not clever enough to succeed. Boris Johnson, the right wing Conservative party's Mayor of London, was talking at the Centre for Policy Studies in London, a neo-liberal free-market think tank. The speech was titled "What Would Maggie do Today?" but the section that caught the most attention today only dealt indirectly with ... (full story)