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The minimum wage is higher in other countries than it is in much of the United States, and the U.S. has done less to combat rising corporate concentration. nyti.ms/3gsUYrA

One example: American consumers pay significantly more for cellphone service than people in many other countries. nyti.ms/3gsUYrA

Arguably the biggest outlier is the American health care system. Prices for drugs, medical procedures and doctors’ visits are all substantially higher in the United States than in other countries. nyti.ms/3gsUYrA

No other wealthy country puts as many people behind bars — and the prison population is disproportionately Black and Latino. nyti.ms/3gsUYrA

Government policy and economic forces have combined to make corporations and the wealthy more powerful, and most workers and their families less powerful.

Read more from @DLeonhardt and @iarynam. nyti.ms/3gsUYrA