The US has had an enormous amount of income disparity for quite some time.
Perhaps this is a social problem because with increasing income disparity comes social unrest.
Income disparity: We used Census data on median earnings for full-time workers in the past year.
Rising income disparity has threatened to price out many working and middle class Chinese from the coastal cities.
This is why income disparity has constantly grown since the US exited the gold standard and inflation became a serious threat.
They see the world they are inheriting facing urgent challenges and risks related to climate change, income disparity, health issues, and more.
FORBES: Win Big by Unleashing Millennials' Connective Intelligence
That income disparity will only grow in the coming years, so we may quickly be nearing the reality of a super conference model.
The issues of executive pay and growing income disparity were rising on the political agenda, as did the issue of raising the minimum wage.
As to income disparity between 1979 and 2007, the Federal Reserve figures shows the highest income cohort doubled their annual compensation when adjusted for inflation.
Addressing income disparity is a thornier proposition than simply building the new roads, airports and other infrastructure projects that have helped propel the Chinese economy.
While most stories about the financial crisis have focused on the mortgage market and unaccountable bankers, The Flaw goes deeper, looking at the history of income disparity and how it led to the crisis.
To determine the best city for couples, we collected data for 40 of the largest metropolitan statistical areas for five different categories: marriages per 1, 000 people, divorces per 1, 000 people, starter-home affordability, income disparity and availability of couple's or family counseling.
This disparity in income and human welfare is, in the long run unsustainable for our democracy and even for the rich.
Should we be worried about the huge disparity in income that has cropped up in only five years between Michael Oher and himself?
FORBES: Removing "Dismal" From Dismal Median Household Income Statistics
Signing a legal document of this type could be helpful if the couple owns substantial assets or if there is a wide disparity in income or wealth between the two members of the couple.
While this is understandable considering that there is a wide disparity of income per capita between the two nations, as more consumers in China, or for that matter any emerging nation, see an increase in buying power as the country develops, the demand for smartphones will increase exponentially.
FORBES: Apple Has A Plum With China Passing U.S. As Largest Smartphone Market
Another fact he ignores is the great disparity that has developed in income between the top few percent and the rest of us.
Consider the disparity in the relative chunks of income that go toward food and drink.
Furthermore, almost all low-income countries with available data highlight a wide disparity in antibiotic use for suspected childhood pneumonia between the poorest and richest sections of the population.
FORBES: The Missing Link: Reaching the Poorest Children with Life-saving Commodities
Liu has sounded themes of economic disparity on the campaign trail, noting that the income gap between the city's rich and poor has grown in recent years, and he also has emphasized his grasp of the city's finances as comptroller and a trained actuary.
应用推荐