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How skewed is America's income inequality? Take our quiz.

Income inequality has become a central issue in the presidential election, with President Obama declaring it “the defining issue of our time,” Mitt Romney decrying “the bitter politics of envy,” and Romney’s former Bain partner (and current campaign contributor) Edward Conard arguing, in a new book, that income inequality is something America needs more of.  To evaluate what the candidates say in the coming months, you’ll need a working knowledge of the topic. How well do you know American inequality? Take this quiz based on my new book, "The Great Divergence":

2. If you had brought together in 2006 all the US-based production workers for Apple's hugely successful iPod, you could have:

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In this 2004 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs displays the iPod mini at the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco.

Filled a football stadium

Sold out a drive-in movie

Fed them with a single pot of chili
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