Income Inequality

From The Street Light

Basically, income inequality is rising in the U.S. (but not other wealthy democracies), and the gap between rich and poor is much larger in the U.S. This is not a good thing.

Notes: Real Disposable Personal Income (DPI) for low- and high-income households expressed as a percent of median income in the US. Reduction in inequality measured as the change in the Gini coefficient between market incomes and after-tax (including transfer payments) disposable personal incomes.