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[https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/economic-justice/income-and-wealth-inequality/ by Oxfam 1/11/24 OXFAM] | [https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/economic-justice/income-and-wealth-inequality/ by Oxfam 1/11/24 OXFAM] | ||
Have you ever wondered why some people have so much and others have so little? We can all see that the world is unequal, but how did it get this way and what problems does this inequality create? | Have you ever wondered why some people have so much and others have so little? We can all see that the world is unequal, but how did it get this way and what problems does this inequality create? | ||
===== Trends in income and wealth inequality===== | |||
[https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/01/09/trends-in-income-and-wealth-inequality/ by | |||
Juliana Menasce Horowitz 9/1/20 Pew Research Center] | |||
Barely 10 years past the end of the Great Recession in 2009, the U.S. economy is doing well on several fronts. The labor market is on a job-creating streak that has rung up more than 110 months straight of employment growth, a record for the post-World War II era. The unemployment rate in November 2019 was 3.5%, a level not seen since the 1960s. Gains on the jobs front are also reflected in household incomes, which have rebounded in recent years. | |||
