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Income in the US has, in fact, become much more unequal over the past 40 years, but the timing doesn’t fit this story at all.
Ranging from zero (fully equal) to one (fully unequal), the Gini coefficient is a straightforward mechanism for comparing inequality over time and across countries.
All countries redistribute some income through taxation, but in vastly different proportions, with more unequal countries, such as the US and the United Kingdom, tending to redistribute more.
In other words, wealth transfers are about as unequal among recipients as their household net worth.
He knew that the shift from centrally planned egalitarian socialism toward market-oriented capitalism could destabilize the CCP’s rule, and the unequal accumulation of wealth in the short term could cause significant social and political division.
In much of the international press, the standard narrative runs something like this: Because Latin America has the most unequal income distribution in the world, it tends to elect left-wing reformers.
The alternative – recourse to violence in the face of unequal access to resources – has led to a cycle of political instability in many countries, with the consequent lack of economic development that has come to characterize much of Africa’s recent history.
Moreover, the endowments that people bring with them to the market include not just their own innate qualities, but their starting positions, which are radically unequal.
That is why the liberal theory of justice demands at a minimum equality of opportunity: the attempt – as far as is compatible with personal liberty – to eliminate all those differences in life chances arising from unequal starting points.
High levels of income and wealth inequality (as in much of South America and parts of Africa) often lead to and reinforce unequal political influence.
Economic outcomes were similarly unequal.
Crises and profound disagreements are not new in the relations between these two unequal allies.
And America’s income distribution is more unequal than most advanced countries’ – and is trending the wrong way.
Since there is no guarantee that reforms will provide a more equitable future, unequal sacrifices now are resisted.
One conclusion that emerged was that any effective response to the unequal distribution of natural resources in the region must be regional.
The gunboat diplomacy that resulted in the opening of Japan and unequal treaties in the mid-19th century was but a beginning.
The existence of the enormous oil revenues and their unequal distribution are a continuous source of internal instability and external aggressiveness, as demonstrated by Iraq's recent history.
An optimist (or an apologist) could argue that, though market income has indeed become grossly more unequal since 1979, with the slots in the bottom half of the income distribution losing absolute ground in real income, and with taxation becoming less progressive, welfare-state growth substantially moderated this increase in inequality.
But the health-care coverage and financing gaps that existed in America in 1979 made it a much more unequal place than the income-distribution data showed.
And the burden is unequal, because there is much more pressure on deficit countries to adjust via deflation than on creditor countries to allow higher inflation.
That lesson has been learned by many a progressive politician, including US Senator Bernie Sanders, who tried and failed to secure the Democratic nomination for the 2016 US presidential election on a platform that focused on addressing people’s frustrations with the increasingly unequal status quo, largely through redistribution.
But it will also demand efforts to address globalization’s real negative effects – beginning with an excessively unequal income distribution.
Otherwise our societies will become dangerously unequal, unjust, and unstable – as is occurring in the US today.
Assad has good reason to do so, because the unequal distribution of wealth, combined with an official unemployment rate of 15%, is fueling social pressure.
But the distribution of that bounty has been very unequal.
Second, unless we deliberately design policies that encourage and sustain inclusive growth, a highly unequal society is virtually inevitable, with rising land values and wealth magnifying the effects of the unequal income distribution that ICT produces directly.
In a country stained by social injustice and the most unequal distribution of income in the world, Lula's victory is an astounding achievement in view of his humble origins and trade union background.
To be sure, unlike Georgia’s war with Russia, the two sides in this clash are not so unequal as to draw global attention.
Colombia remains a highly unequal society, with the Gini coefficient, a common measure of inequality, hovering around 0.5 – in the same range as Brazil and Chile.
Inequality and the InternetBERKELEY – The conclusion that America has become vastly more unequal over the past 35 years is beyond doubt.
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