Income Inequality: A Long-Term Solution for the United StatesSam Amer
VILNIUS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Income inequality significantly increased recently in Lithuania and posed risk for sustainable economic growth, Vitas Vasiliauskas, chairman of the board of the country's central bank, said Thursday. "The economy has been growing for some time, yet the fact that n...
BERLIN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Income inequality in Germany has reached "an all-time high," according to a study published by the Institute of Economics and Social Research (WSI) on Monday. "The problem is that the edges drift apart, the rich become richer, the poor become poorer and poor...
As the growth of tax revenue has slowed, states have faced tensions over whether to raise taxes or cut spending to balance their budgets as required by law. "Rising income inequality is not just a social issue," said Gabriel Petek, the S&P credit analyst who wrote the report. "It presents...
Oxfam said: "It shows that the between rich and poor is far greater than had been feared." It added that and the "super-rich" are creating greater income inequality by avoiding tax and paying low .Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International, said: "It is for so much ...
News Thread starter madness Start date Feb 21, 2010 Tags Income Inequality In summary, the conversation discusses the impact of income inequality on social problems such as crime, obesity, and teen pregnancy. The US has the highest income inequality among developed countries and there ...
"All told, income inequality has tended to get worse under President Obama," American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks said. The gap between rich and poor has fluctuated greatly over time, but there are signals that the country is going back to a divide not seen in a long time....
INCOME INEQUALITY IN China substantially widened, particularly between households in the city and the countryside, after China began its rapid rate of economic development around 1980. The average urban resident now makes 3.2 times as much as the average rural resident, and among city dwellers alone...
The U.S.'s widening gap between the rich and poor is partly due to less progressive taxation, the World Inequality Report 2018 said, a finding that may spark additional debate about the current Republican tax reform effort, which critics say will reward the wealthy and corporations far more ...
News Thread starter madness Start date Feb 21, 2010 Tags Income Inequality In summary, the conversation discusses the impact of income inequality on social problems such as crime, obesity, and teen pregnancy. The US has the highest income inequality among developed countries and there ...