Robert Reich on the connection between inequality and the recession

Robert Reich has an op-ed, “How to End the Great Recession,” New York Times, Sep. 2, 2010 that connects the recession with rising inequality and stagnating wages of the last 30 years.  A response to the op-ed published by on the Christian Science Monitor’s website — Stefan Karlsson’s Blog, “Robert Reich is wrong. The rich don’t hurt U.S. output,” Sep. 4, 2010 —  critiques of a subset of Reich’s op-ed but does not address the big picture presented by Reich.