Its Gini index, a measure of income inequality, dropped from 0.63 to 0.52 from 1989 to 2009.
In a recent American Interest article, Cowen took up the related topic of income inequality.
Such tax returns consequently cannot give an accurate picture of income inequality or concentration.
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The longer run issues of income inequality and financialization would remain and require more fundamental reforms.
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Mexico is one of the countries in the world with the highest income inequality.
According to a new Pew Research Center study, most Americans have income inequality in mind.
As my colleague Annie Lowrey writes, there is growing evidence that income inequality impedes economic growth.
The Census Bureau publishes the Gini Index, which is the official measure of income inequality.
This rise can account from anywhere from 15 to 40% of our problematic income inequality.
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The author singles out income inequality as a psychic wound uniquely worthy of state intervention.
Indeed, some have deteriorated worryingly, and official estimates indicate that income inequality has increased.
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Opponents point out that the tax code will become less progressive, exacerbating income inequality.
Whether OWS will ultimately have an impact on the issue of income inequality is hard to say.
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And, as always, the solution to income inequality amounts to persuading the rich to report less income.
They didn't believe in an expansion of the consumer base through a reduction of extreme income inequality.
Mr Katz says factor-based models suggest trade with poor countries explains only 5% of rising income inequality.
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If income inequality is the answer, the question is not how to have an equality of opportunity society.
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Bernanke said technological change, globalization and the fading influence of unions all have contributed to growing income inequality.
It is one big reason why 2011 saw the largest one-year decline in income inequality in a generation.
Such analysis has triggered a wide-ranging debate about the broader social and economic consequences of greater income inequality.
Research by economists at the IMF suggests that income inequality slows growth, causes financial crises and weakens demand.
In fact, the marriage gap accounts for much of the income inequality in the labor force today.
Estimates vary, but single parenthood can account from somewhere from 15 to a full 40% of income inequality.
This unemployment conundrum intensifies in gravity when you consider the prospects of income inequality and generational differences in employment.
In terms of income inequality, America lags behind any country in old Europe.
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Since then, the national conversation has pivoted dramatically to focus on income inequality.
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Increasing income inequality meant that consumers found it necessary to borrow to undertake what should have been affordable purchases.
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He said growing income inequality could threaten the dynamism of the U.S. economy.
Now, with a shift in the national conversation to income inequality, it resonates.
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Rising income inequality has made Ms Park's message more attractive than that of the Lee camp, which is splintering.
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