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1 The Distribution of Wealth |
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The Many Dimensions of Wealth Inequality |
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Wealth Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap |
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The U.S. Inequality Debate |
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26 | (7) |
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Inequality in the Time of COVID-19 |
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33 | (5) |
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"What's the Difference between Income and Wealth?" |
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38 | (6) |
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Wealth Inequality on the Rise During Pandemic |
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44 | (5) |
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Income Inequality in American Culture |
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49 | (6) |
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Increase in Income Inequality Driven by Real Declines in Income at the Bottom |
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55 | (4) |
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Why Inequality Is Growing in the US and Around the World |
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59 | (3) |
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Falling Wages and Discretionary Pay-Setting Practices |
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62 | (3) |
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For Many Workers, Raises Today Don't Make Up for Years of Wage Stagnation |
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65 | (3) |
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A Second Gilded Age: How Concentrated Corporate Power Undermines Shared Prosperity |
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68 | (11) |
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The Racial and Gender Wealth Gap |
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Racial Wealth Gap May Be a Key to Other Inequities |
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86 | (8) |
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How the Racial Wealth Gap Has Evolved---and Why It Persists |
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94 | (7) |
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Why the Racial Wealth Gap Is So Hard to Close |
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101 | (5) |
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Gender Pay Gap in U.S. Hasn't Changed Much in Two Decades |
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106 | (5) |
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There Has Been Little Progress in Closing the Gender Wage Gap |
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111 | (4) |
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Aspects of Economic Inequality |
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115 | (5) |
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How the Federal Reserve Is Increasing Wealth Inequality |
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120 | (5) |
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Sharing the Gains of Automation |
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125 | (3) |
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Study: Automation Drives Income Inequality |
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128 | (3) |
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Artificial Intelligence Has Caused a 50% to 70% Decrease in Wages-Creating Income Inequality and Threatening Millions of Jobs |
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131 | (6) |
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5 Extreme Solutions to Age-Old Problems |
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Combating Economic Inequality |
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137 | (8) |
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The Fed's Doomsday Prophet Has a Dire Warning About Where We're Headed |
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145 | (10) |
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Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Would Reduce Inequality---The Problem Is It's Probably Unconstitutional |
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155 | (3) |
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A Cure for Income Inequality? |
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158 | (3) |
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The Black-White Gap in Wealth Mobility and What to Do About It |
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161 | (3) |
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Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Build Black Wealth and Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap The White House, June 1, 2021 |
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| Bibliography |
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| Websites |
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177 | (2) |
| Index |
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