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Wealth Gap: Wide And Getting Wider (between African American and White families)

Mar 4, 2013

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NPR: Wealth Gap: Wide And Getting Wider The wealth gap between white and black families is growing — and that's especially apparent in the housing market. Host Michel Martin talks to Washington Post correspondent Michael Fletcher about the financial disparities facing black families. … … MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We'd like to talk now about new…

Wealth Inequality and The Top 1%

Dec 10, 2012

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in Economics, Race, Trends: Economic, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Business Insider: Myth Busting: The Wealth Gap Isn't at a Record High The article says: A National Bureau of Economic Research paper by Edward N. Wolff, a New York University professor and one of the leading U.S. experts on wealth shares, shows that in 1998, the richest one percent of Americans owned 38.1 percent of…

Rising Wealth Inequality: Should We Care? (Tyler Cowen)

Mar 23, 2011

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in Economics, Poverty, Weatlh and Income Distribution

New York Times: Rising Wealth Inequality: Should We Care? (Tyler Cowen) Why do Americans seem unperturbed about the growing gap between the rich and the poor? First, a lot of Americans live very well, even if they don’t enjoy all of the benefits of the lifestyles of the very wealthy. It is quite possible that…

The Wealth Inequality Mirage

Oct 13, 2010

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in Demography, Economic News, Poverty, Trends: Social, Weatlh and Income Distribution

RealClearMarkets.com: The Wealth Inequality Mirage … Mr. Reich is wrong. He and other levelers exaggerate economic inequality, eagerly, because they rely on pretax income, which omits the 97% of federal income taxes paid by the top half of income earners and the many "transfer payments," such as food stamps, housing assistance, Medicaid and Medicare. This…

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Wealth Gap: Wide And Getting Wider (between African American and White families)

Wealth Inequality and The Top 1%

Rising Wealth Inequality: Should We Care? (Tyler Cowen)

The Wealth Inequality Mirage