You thought income inequality was rising dramatically, right? Well, so did I. In fact, maybe you thought so in part because I and journalists like me have been reporting it as fact, for decades. But ...

Michael Linden examines how our tax code has grown less effective at dampening income inequality, and how various proposals to reform the code would affect inequality. Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) tax ...

Discover how factor income, from rents, wages, and profits, impacts GDP and GNP. Learn its role in income distribution and ...

The top chart above is based on data from the Census Bureau on “Money Income of Households — Percent Distribution by Income Level in Constant (2009) Dollars” (Table 690) for the household income ...

There’s new data on income inequality out from the OECD Thursday, so we thought we’d take a look to see how the U.S. compares against the group’s 33 other countries — and its upcoming World Cup ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation Does the distribution of income within a country become more equal as it grows richer? This paper uses plausibly exogenous ...