Links tagged with “inequality”
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Income and inequality historical data explorer
Graphing the data for successive UK governments.
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Opinion - Image - NYTimes.com
Graphs and charts showing how inequality and household debt in the USA have risen since 1980, especially compared to the more equitable period from 1945-80 (even though productivity was still rising then too). (via Daring Fireball)
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Who Is Happy and When? by Thomas Nagel | The New York Review of Books
Subjective vs objective happiness; day-to-day happiness vs life evaluation; happiness as a measure vs GDP; how inequality affects happiness and, therefore, which aspects of inequality it is right for government to try to change. (Subscribers only)
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Our Banana Republic - NYTimes.com
“From 1980 to 2005, more than four-fifths of the total increase in American incomes went to the richest 1 percent.” And yet still many average people vote for the Republicans. (via Daring Fireball)
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Income Gap and Marginal Tax Rate 1917-2006 at Visualizing Economics
Ouch. Difference in income for rich and poor in the US over the past century, compared to the tax rate.
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LRB | Barry Schwartz : Stop the treadmill!
Interesting review of what sounds like a fascinating book: ‘The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950’ by Avner Offer. (Subscribers only unfortunately.)
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Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Review: The Impact of Inequality by Richard G Wilkinson
Sounds interesting - equality matters more in a society than the absolute level of wealth.