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The Reference Shelf: Income Inequality

Table of Contents

Preface




1: The Wealth Gap




The Uneven Distribution of Wealth in the United States




Has Wealth Inequality in America Changed Over Time? Here Are Key Statistics




Racial Wealth Gap May Be a Key to Other Inequities




6 Facts About Economic Inequality in the U.S.




The Wealth Gap: How the Education World Fails to Fully Measure Students’ Economic Disadvantage




Modern Society Is as Unequal as 14th Century Europe




2: The Minimum Wage




What Is the Value of an Hour?




Most Americans Support a $15 Federal Minimum Wage




Six Reasons to Oppose a $15 Federal Minimum Wage




Five Myths That Pervade the Minimum Wage Debate




Statement by President Joe Biden on $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Workers and Contractors Going into Effect




The Missing Piece of the Minimum Wage Debate




California’s $15 Minimum Wage Debate Begins This Year: Debate on the Next Increase has Already Begun




3: The Taxation Dilemma




Corporate and Wealth Taxes and Income Inequality




Why It’s So Hard to Tax the Rich




Corporate Taxes Are Wealth Taxes




What’s in the New Global Tax Agreement?




Democrats Struggle with Plan to Tax Dynastic Wealth




The Truth About Income Inequality




4: Causes and Effects




Social and Economic Factors Influencing Income Inequality




Automation Is Not to Blame for the Growth of Income Inequality




Artificial Intelligence Has Caused a 50% to 70% Decrease in Wages—Creating Income Inequality and Threatening Millions of Jobs




How to Solve AI’s Inequality Problem




Can Labor Unions Help Close the Black-White Wage Gap?




Don’t Expect Unions to Make a Comeback




House Gives Green Light to Staffer Unionization




Weakened Labor Movement Leads to Rising Economic Inequality




Unions Help Reduce Disparities and Strengthen Our Democracy




5: Solutions and Strategies




Can Income Inequality Be Solved?




Views on Reducing Economic Inequality




Tackling the Inequality Pandemic: Is There a Cure?




Obamacare Is Key to Combating Income Inequality, Study Finds




Why Socialism Won’t Work




How a Default Union Membership Could Help Reduce Income Inequality




Can Rights Combat Economic Inequality




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