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Sep 26

Income inequality grew in 2018, Census data shows

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Three of the states with biggest gains in inequality from 2017 to 2018 were places with large pockets of wealth — California, Texas and Virginia.

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Jul 04

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Amid long economic expansion, why so many Americans are still struggling

The U.S. is currently in the midst of the longest economic expansion since the period following World War II. But even though the numbers are good, they don’t add up to prosperity for all Americans. William Brangham talks to Matthew…

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Jun 13

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Can ‘baby bonds’ help the U.S. close its staggering racial wealth gap?

By Paul Solman

Whites in the U.S. have much greater household and individual wealth than blacks and other minorities. In fact, the typical black household has about 10 cents for every dollar of wealth in a typical white household. Some economists and politicians…

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Oct 28

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October 28, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

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On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 28, grief and prayers in Pittsburgh after this weekend's deadly rampage at a Jewish synagogue, and the catastrophic human cost of the ongoing war in Yemen. Also, poverty on Skid Row of Los Angeles…

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Oct 28

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In LA, poverty on Skid Row defies U.S.’s humane reputation

By Simon Ostrovsky

Sanitary and living conditions for an estimated 2,000 homeless people along Los Angeles’ Skid Row are so severe that the United Nations recently compared them to Syrian refugee camps. How does extreme poverty persist in one of the country’s most…

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Mar 29

Is increasing income inequality a fact or a myth?

By Paul Solman

A new academic paper making the rounds of the economics profession contradicts conventional wisdom: that incomes of the top 10 percent, 1 percent and especially the tippy-top .1 percent, have been pulling away from the rest of Americans.

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Feb 01

How income inequality can make or break presidential elections

By James K. Galbraith

The relationship between political sentiment and measured economic inequalities is so important to understand, even though at first glance it's counter-intuitive.

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Oct 26

Achieving the American Dream may depend on where you live

By Paul Solman

Research shows that social mobility and income equality in the U.S. has a lot to do with where people live.

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Jun 29

The hottest chart in economics, and what it means

By Paul Solman

The "elephant chart" explains the rise of populism in the developed world and so much more.

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Nov 28

Column: We don’t need Washington to fix bloated CEO pay

By Dean Baker

There are clear channels that people can use to put downward pressure on the pay of those at the top in both the corporate and noncorporate sector that don’t require going through Washington.

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