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[https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/economic-justice/income-and-wealth-inequality/ by Oxfam 1/11/24] | [https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/economic-justice/income-and-wealth-inequality/ by Oxfam 1/11/24] | ||
The truth is that very poor people have seen their wealth increase modestly, while the very wealthy have made fantastic gains. This means inequality is on the rise within many individual countries. | The truth is that very poor people have seen their wealth increase modestly, while the very wealthy have made fantastic gains. This means inequality is on the rise within many individual countries. | ||
=====Most Americans Say There Is Too Much Economic Inequality in the U.S., but Fewer Than Half Call It a Top Priority===== | |||
[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. | |||
