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[https://ourworldindata.org/economic-inequality by Joe Hasell Economic Inequality] | [https://ourworldindata.org/economic-inequality by Joe Hasell Economic Inequality] | ||
This evidence shows us that inequality in many countries is very high and, in many cases, has been on the rise. Global economic inequality is vast and compounded by overlapping inequalities in health, education, and many other dimensions. | This evidence shows us that inequality in many countries is very high and, in many cases, has been on the rise. Global economic inequality is vast and compounded by overlapping inequalities in health, education, and many other dimensions. | ||
=====The Politics of American Inequality===== | |||
[https://www.intereconomics.eu/contents/year/2020/number/1/article/the-politics-of-american-inequality.html by Jaehee Choi, James K. Galbraith Intereconomics] | |||
Rising economic inequality in the United States is closely tied to the high concentration of capital asset ownership, especially corporate stocks and real estate, and to increases in the price of those assets in recent decades. These in turn are closely related to the structural transformation of the economy over 50 years, especially the decline of unionized manufacturing in the Midwest and the rise of finance on the East coast and of the technology sector – mainly information and aerospace – in the West. | |||
