David McWilliams: The rich get richer
We all strive for upward mobility, but the great wealth divide is turning society as a whole downward
It’s always odd to pass places you used to work. Nostalgia plays tricks on you. I am walking down the shaded side of Boston’s Newbury Street in the height of a wonderfully hot late September afternoon. Just across the road is the restaurant where I spent a summer washing dishes. There was a long Indian summer that year too. The heat in the kitchen must’ve been in the mid-90s.
Anthony Bourdain, the great ...
