Income inequality in the United States remained relatively stable for a period of nearly forty years. Beginning in the 1970’s, however, this period of stability ended, as the first signs of widening income inequality became apparent. Over the course of the 1970’s and 1980’s, an increasingl...
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The research suggests that economic policies to address the rising income inequality in the United States might serve to also address some of our nation's most troubling health statistics.doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2018.05.001Matthew PravinBrodersen Donka Mirtcheva...
The extreme income (and other) inequalities in theUnited Statesand the world are not inevitable. However, efforts to address income inequality must confront ideologies justifying inequality as the natural (and hence fair) outcome of individual differences in skills, talents, and effort, ignoring struc...
Slavery in the United States has a direct relation to current income inequality. There is a cross-state relationship between the Gini coefficient of land inequality in 1860 and the Gini coefficient of income inequality in 2000. The relationship is strong, underlying the impact of past slave use ...
Income Inequality in the United States Income inequality in the U.S. has been increasing since the 1970s. Throughout the 20th century and up to the present, this inequality has been exacerbated by government tax and labor policies and ongoing discrimination by race and gender. A weakening middl...
Americans in the bottom half of the country's income distribution have seen their income stalled since 1980, while those on the upper rungs enjoy income growth, according to new research.
aIncome inequality is a major problem in the United States. Not only is income inequality grossly unfair, but it also indicates lifespan inequality, educational inequality and it stunts economic growth. According to the handout, the top 1% of Americans make 8 to 10 times more money than 99%...
On a global level, income inequality is extreme by any measure, with the richest 1 percent of people in the world receiving as much as the bottom 56 percent in the early 21st century. Within the United States, income inequality is much greater than in most other developed countries. In 201...
“Rising inequality affects virtually every part of the country, not just large urban areas or financial centers,” said co-author Estelle Sommeiller. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, at least in the United States. The top 1 percent ...