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[https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/policy-brief/policy-cocktails-attacking-roots-persistent-inequality by Matthew O. Jackson 5/21 Stanford] | [https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/policy-brief/policy-cocktails-attacking-roots-persistent-inequality by Matthew O. Jackson 5/21 Stanford] | ||
Patterns of inequality are a manifestation of major barriers faced by millions in finding paths from poverty to middle- or upper-class lives. They often lack not only financial capital but also a vital form of social capital: information about and access to the educational and employment opportunities necessary to break the cross-generation perpetuation of economic immobility. | Patterns of inequality are a manifestation of major barriers faced by millions in finding paths from poverty to middle- or upper-class lives. They often lack not only financial capital but also a vital form of social capital: information about and access to the educational and employment opportunities necessary to break the cross-generation perpetuation of economic immobility. | ||
=====Income Inequality in the United States===== | |||
[https://inequality.org/facts/income-inequality/ by INEQUALITY] | |||
Income includes the revenue streams from wages, salaries, interest on a savings account, dividends from shares of stock, rent, and profits from selling something for more than you paid for it. Unlike wealth statistics, income figures do not include the value of homes, stock, or other possessions. Income inequality refers to the extent to which income is distributed in an uneven manner among a population. | |||
