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[https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/issues/issues16/ by International Monetary Fund] | [https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/issues/issues16/ by International Monetary Fund] | ||
The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF Working Papers, which are technical papers produced by IMF staff members and visiting scholars, as well as from policy-related research papers. | The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF Working Papers, which are technical papers produced by IMF staff members and visiting scholars, as well as from policy-related research papers. | ||
=====Why We Have Trouble Supporting Greater Income Equality===== | |||
[https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_we_have_trouble_supporting_greater_income_equality by Jill Suttie 12/6/25 POLITICS] | |||
According to data from the Congressional Budget Office, wealth inequality has been rising steeply in the United States over the last 30 years. This gap between rich and poor means that the top 1% of earners now own nearly 30% of the total wealth in the country, with the bottom 50% owning only 4% of that wealth. | |||
