Timeline for Has the distribution of income and wealth in the USA got much more skewed towards the rich in the last 4 decades?
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| Apr 15, 2021 at 12:52 | comment | added | GOATNine | @HyperdriveEnthusiast Income inequality is a measure of gross income, not net income. While gov't transfer programs would definitely factor in a significant amount, it doesn't alter the base premise that income inequality has been widening in recent years. Keep in mind that transfer programs generally don't factor for inflation, and so lag behind in terms of real value year-after-year. | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 12:02 | comment | added | GOATNine | @asmaier distribution of wealth is much harder to track, as wealth is not regularly reported to authoritative bodies. | |
| Apr 14, 2021 at 0:55 | comment | added | Hyperdrive Enthusiast | Do these numbers account for government transfers and taxes? This article claims that these factors not being accounted for is the source of income inequality in the Census Bureau data. | |
| Apr 4, 2021 at 10:39 | comment | added | asmaier | What about the distribution of wealth? Is it different from the distribution of income? | |
| Apr 3, 2021 at 23:14 | history | edited | GOATNine | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Changed a misleading statement for accuracy.
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| Apr 1, 2021 at 19:33 | history | answered | GOATNine | CC BY-SA 4.0 |