Phil Gramm

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Author | Former Senator | Nonresident Senior Fellow — American Enterprise Institute

Phil Gramm served six years in the US House of Representatives and eighteen years in the US Senate, where he was chairman of the Banking Committee. He was the author of the Reagan budget in the House and landmark budget and banking legislation in the Senate. He taught economics at Texas A&M University and has published numerous articles and books. He currently works in private equity and is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate

Everything you know about income inequality, poverty, and other measures of economic well-being in America is wrong. In this provocative book, a forme...

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