What Robert Pape has said about Wealth inequality in the United States

1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 24, 2026

Robert Pape, American political scientist, professor at the University of Chicago and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, has been quoted on Wealth inequality in the United States once in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on September 24, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Pape identifies the concentration of wealth in the top 1%, rising from 17% to 26% of national wealth, as the second driver creating a negative-sum society.
“Side by side with this demographic shift has been a mass wealth shift to the top 1%”
Modern Wisdom: “This Will Be The Most Violent Election Of Our Lifetime” - Robert Pape #1154 (Sep 24, 2026) · Listen from 1:13:55

Episodes

“This Will Be The Most Violent Election Of Our Lifetime” - Robert Pape #1154
Modern Wisdom · Sep 24, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Political scientist Robert Pape tells Chris Williamson that mass public support for political violence makes the coming US midterms the most dangerous election in living memory.

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