Mr. Cooperman's message is that, while income inequality is a problem, demonizing his special brand of minority as greedy is a bigger problem.

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There will be much talk about how the eurozone crisis can be solved, what the next step should be in the US where a debt ceiling still casts a dark shadow over optimism, and about how income inequality has become a problem for all - rather than merely an advantage for haves over have-nots.

BBC: Davos 2013: 'Dynamic resilience' in a volatile world

Summers suggested the nation faces four major problem areas: energy, health care, inequality of income and continued strength of our financial system.

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