Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth: Up 88 Percent over Four Years
Mar 18, 2024 · Four years ago, the United States entered the Covid-19 pandemic. Forbes published its 34th annual billionaire survey shortly after with data keyed to March 18, 2020. On …
Gender Economic Inequality - Inequality.org
Throughout the U.S. workforce, women remain vastly underpaid. Institute for Policy Studies analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Data finds that among full-time workers, women earned an …
Income Inequality - Inequality.org
Over the past five decades, the top 1 percent of American earners have nearly doubled their share of national income, according to figures in the World Inequality Database.Meanwhile, …
Inequality.org
Inequality.org. is your online portal to data, analysis, and commentary on income and wealth inequality. You'll find on these pages information and insights that can help you better …
Racial Economic Inequality - Inequality.org
As with total wealth, home ownership is heavily skewed towards white families, our 2023 report with the National Community Reinvestment, Still a Dream, shows.Between 1960 and 2020, the …
Wealth Inequality - Inequality.org
The collective net worth of America’s top 12 billionaires now surpasses $2 trillion. Their combined wealth increased by more than $1.3 trillion, or 193 percent, between March 18, 2020 and …
Eight Ways To Reduce Global Inequality
Feb 11, 2015 · 3. A Global Wealth Tax? In Capital in the Twenty-first Century , Thomas Piketty recommends an international agreement establishing a wealth tax. Under his plan, countries …
Tax Cuts for the Rich Create Debt, Division, and Despair — Not Jobs
Oct 8, 2024 · Supporters of tax cuts for the wealthy have long claimed that they lead to economic growth. The evidence is in: They don’t. High-end tax cuts have failed to meaningfully grow our …
Extensive Polls Find Americans Support Taxing the Wealthy
Nov 12, 2024 · We examined more than 55 national and state polls across six categories of tax reforms: the billionaire tax, wealth tax, raising the top marginal tax rate, millionaire surtax, …
Racial Equality Archives - Inequality.org
Apr 29, 2024 · The racial wealth gap continues to deepen in large part due to the cumulative impact of the country’s racial history.