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  2. Economic inequality - Wikipedia

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    Global share of wealth by wealth group, Credit Suisse, 2021 Share of income of the top 1% for selected developed countries, 1975 to 2015. Economic inequality is an umbrella term for a) income inequality or distribution of income (how the total sum of money paid to people is distributed among them), b) wealth inequality or distribution of wealth (how the total sum of wealth owned by people is ...

  3. Effects of economic inequality - Wikipedia

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    Buildings in Rio de Janeiro, demonstrating economic inequality. Effects of income inequality, researchers have found, include higher rates of health and social problems, and lower rates of social goods, [1] a lower population-wide satisfaction and happiness [2] [3] and even a lower level of economic growth when human capital is neglected for high-end consumption. [4]

  4. What You Should Understand About Economic Inequality and Its ...

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    Economic inequality describes the uneven distribution of wealth, income, resources and opportunity to different groups of people in a society -- something America knows plenty about. The last...

  5. Income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Although some spoke out in favor of moderate inequality as a form of incentive, [296] [297] others warned against excessive levels of inequality, including Robert J. Shiller, (who called rising economic inequality "the most important problem that we are facing now today"), [298] former Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan, ("This is ...

  6. What You Need To Know About Economic Inequality and Its ... - AOL

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    Economic inequality describes the uneven distribution of wealth, income, resources and opportunity to different groups of people in a society -- something America knows plenty about. The last...

  7. Globally, 60% Blame Political Influence Of The Rich As A Key ...

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    An overwhelming 86% said agreed that the wealthy having too much political influence is a big contributing factor–with 60% saying this leads to economic inequality "a great deal" and 26% saying ...

  8. Income distribution - Wikipedia

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    The concept of inequality is distinct from that of poverty [5] and fairness. Income inequality metrics (or income distribution metrics) are used by social scientists to measure the distribution of income, and economic inequality among the participants in a particular economy, such as that of a specific country or of the world in general.

  9. Tax policy and economic inequality in the United States

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    Economic inequality in the United States has been steadily increasing since the 1980s as well and economists such as Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz, and Peter Orszag, politicians like Barack Obama and Paul Ryan, and media entities have engaged in debates and accusations over the role of tax policy changes in perpetuating economic inequality.