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Thomas Frank

Thomas Frank is a columnist for Harper's Magazine and a former columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He's the author of One Market Under God, What the Matter With Kansas, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule, and Pity the Billionaire.

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Billionaires Are the Victims!

<p>Welcome to an America where billionaires are the victims and capitalism is in chains, or so they say, writes Thomas Frank. Plus, read the transcript of our <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/10/03/thomas-frank-live-chat.html">live chat</a> about why billionaires are whining and the Republicans are winning on a strategy of victimhood.</p>

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