Income Inequality - Inequality.org
WEBOver 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 more accurate but ...
Wealth Inequality - Inequality.org
WEBAccording to Institute for Policy Studies analysis of Forbes data, the combined wealth of all U.S. billionaires increased by $2.071 trillion (70.3 percent) between March 18, 2020 and October 15, 2021, from approximately $2.947 trillion to $5.019 trillion. Of the more than 700 U.S. billionaires, the richest five (Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark ...
Inequality.org
WEBAug 29, 2024 · 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. Inequality.org comes to you as a project of the Washington, …
Global Inequality - Inequality.org
WEBGlobal Wealth Inequality. 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 ...
Gender Economic Inequality - Inequality.org
WEBGender Poverty Gaps. The gender poverty gap has not improved significantly over the past half decade. In 1966, 12.1 percent of women and 8.4 percent of men aged 18-64 lived below the official poverty line. In 2021, 11.7 percent of women in this age group were living in poverty, compared to 9.3 percent of men.
Small Towns and Rural Communities Need Transit, Too
WEBFeb 25, 2021 · Congress can help. Public transit needs at least $39 billion in emergency relief to avoid service cuts and layoffs through 2023. But more broadly, we need to revise the “80-20” split that’s plagued federal transit funding since the Reagan era — with 80 percent going to highways and less than 20 percent to public transit.
WEBealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy.1August 2020 marks the tenth anniversary of the Giving Pledge, an initiative cofounded by Bill Gates and. Warren Buffet to boost giving by America’s billionaire class. Members of the Giving Pledge promise to give at least half of thei. net worth to charity, either while living or ...
Inequality and Health - Inequality.org
WEBThe racial disparities in Covid-related health indicators have contributed to a steeper decline in the U.S. life expectancy for people of color, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics and the CDC. Between 2019 and 2021, American Indians and Alaska natives experienced the biggest drop, with life expectancy at birth plunging by more than 6 …
There’s No Labor Shortage. Pay Workers What They Deserve.
WEBMay 12, 2021 · A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies found that among the 100 S&P 500 firms with the lowest median worker wages, 51 rigged the rules in 2020 to award CEOs large bonuses while their low-wage employees suffered. Average CEO pay skyrocketed 29 percent to over $15 million, while average employee salaries fell to barely $28,000. It’s been well over a decade since Congress raised the ...
A Forgotten Lesson: It's the Economy, Stupid - Inequality.org
WEBNov 12, 2014 · A Forgotten Lesson: It’s the Economy, Stupid. Progressives should take a lesson from President Clinton’s 1992 campaign: it’s still the economy, stupid. By Sheila Suess Kennedy. Strategist James Carville famously coined this phrase, which became a cornerstone of Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign. When Bill Clinton ran for President in 1992 ...
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