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Income inequality has fluctuated considerably in the United States since measurements began around 1915, moving in an arc between peaks in the 1920s and 2000s, with a 30-year period of relatively lower inequality between 1950 and 1980. The U.S. has the highest level of income inequality among its (post-)industrialized peers. [1]
Illustration from a 1916 advertisement for a vocational school in the back of a US magazine. Education has been seen as a key to socioeconomic mobility, and the advertisement appealed to Americans' belief in the possibility of self-betterment as well as threatening the consequences of downward mobility in the great income inequality existing during the Industrial Revolution.
The inflation rate is most widely calculated by determining the movement or change in a price index, typically the consumer price index. [ 48 ] The inflation rate is the percentage change of a price index over time. The Retail Prices Index is also a measure of inflation that is commonly used in the United Kingdom.
Compared with a year earlier, inflation declined to 2.5% from 2.6%. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core inflation rose 0.2% from May to June, up from the previous month’s 0.1%.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional details. The U.S. annual inflation rate in August fell to its lowest point since February 2021, signaling a further easing of pressure ...
Educational inflation is the increasing educational requirements for occupations that do not require them. Credential inflation is the increasing overqualification for occupations demanded by employers. [1][2] A good example of credential inflation is the decline in the value of the US high school diploma since the beginning of the 20th century ...
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.5% over the prior year in August, a deceleration compared to July's 2.9% annual gain in prices and the lowest annual rate since early 2021. The yearly ...
t. e. In economics, stagflation (or recession-inflation) is a situation in which the inflation rate is high or increasing, the economic growth rate slows, and unemployment remains steadily high. Stagflation, once thought impossible, [1] poses a dilemma for economic policy, as measures to reduce inflation may exacerbate unemployment.