Essays on Income Inequality

Studies on the relationship between income inequality and Growth initiated from the pioneering research by Simon Kuznets (1955) where deliberated economic growth and income inequality and came up with a hypothesis that is currently called as the Kuznets hypothesis or the inverted U-Curve. The Kuznets …

Economic indicators are pieces of economic data, usually on a macroeconomic level, that help analyze an economy’s well-being. All economic indicators impact not only the economy, but the individuals in the society as well. These indicators may cause decreases in economic growth, negative effects on …

This paper will have details on how a country can measure income inequality. The paper will have details about how unemployment and economic growth effect of income inequality on the U. S. economy; guesstimate the gap of degree holder and those that do not. Gaps …

Currently there are many problems and flaws with the way the Canadian government’s policies deal with healthcare, income inequality and poverty. Time to time changes in policies have been made, perhaps to improve these issues, however, the gap between rich and poor keeps increasing and …

Branko Milanovic’s, ”Unequal People”, examines how income inequality operates on a national scale. Milanovic works through his essay by describing the three major concerns that economists have pertaining to income distribution. Milanovic starts off by emphasizing how income inequality is reactive to the movement of …

Throughout the course of history, income inequality has been debated a multitude of times. Some may argue that the government should address and intervene the nation‘s wealth disparity in order to create an egalitarian society in which the majority of people across the country would …

In A TED Talk on Income Inequality by Nick Hanauer, speaker Nick Hanauer details the benefits of increasing taxes on the wealthy and how it could greatly impact the middle class. He uses a presentation with graphs showing the increase of unemployment numbers compared to …

Another debate is increasing wages (decreasing income inequality) inside and across countries. This question is very controversial, because different sources argue entirely opposite positions and give utterly different empirical evidences and statistics: globalisation allies insist on rising income equality, while critics of globalisation claim rising …

The existence of females in the workforce has been rising gradually and now women can be noticeable in almost every aspect of the workplace. However, women typically receive less salary, are not promoted as quickly and are discriminated against in the workplace Women are more …

The two essays, “Inequality has been going on forever” by David Leonhardt and “RIP, the Middle Class” by Edward McClelland both tackle the issue of income inequality but do so in different approaches Both author’s target audience is middle-class Americans. Although they share a common …