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Inequality.org. is your online portal to data, analysis, and commentary on income and wealth inequality. You'll find on these pages information and insights that can help you better understand our deeply unequal world — and how we can work to change it.
Income Inequality - Inequality.org
Over the past five decades, the top 1 percent of American earners have nearly doubled their share of national income, according to figures in the World Inequality Database.Meanwhile, the Census Bureau’s “official” poverty rate for all U.S. families has merely inched up and down. In 2011, the Census Bureau began publishing a “supplemental” poverty measure that is …
Global Inequality - Inequality.org
According to the UBS Global Wealth Report, in 2023 the world’s richest 1 percent, those with more than $1 million, owned 47.5 percent of all the world’s wealth – equivalent to roughly $214 trillion.Adults with less than $10,000 make up nearly 40 percent of the world’s population, but hold less than 1 percent of the world’s wealth.
Facts - Inequality.org
Facts. People in the United States and around the world, researchers have found, significantly underestimate the extent of our contemporary inequality.
Racial Economic Inequality - Inequality.org
Racial Wealth Divide. By the middle of the 21st century, the United States will be a “majority minority” nation. If we hope to ensure a strong middle class, historically the backbone of the national economy, then improving the financial health of households of color will become even more urgent than it is today.
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Our Mission. Inequality.org has been tracking inequality-related news and views for nearly two decades. A project of the Institute for Policy Studies since 2011, our site aims to provide information and insights for readers ranging from educators and journalists to …
Inequality in America: Far Beyond Extreme - Inequality.org
2020年10月12日 · The 290 million or so unlucky souls who make up the so-called bottom 90 percent, meanwhile, saw just 13 percent of the nation’s wealth gains between 2006 and 2018, not much over half of what went to the top .01 percent.
The Year in Inequality in 10 Charts - Inequality.org
2021年12月15日 · The pandemic greed grab boosted support for taxing the rich to pay for vital public investments. A Vox and Data for Progress poll, conducted October 8-12, found that 71 percent of voters support increasing taxes on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans to pay for the Build Back Better Act.This landmark bill, which passed the House in November and appears close to becoming law, is expected to ...
Articles - Inequality.org
2024年12月3日 · We won progressive taxes in our state by showing people just how unjust our tax code was. Other states can follow.
Our Inequality Work - Inequality.org
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