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The Causes of Income Inequality Addresses the causes of the income gap, and some proposed solutions. China: A Shared Poverty To Uneven Wealth? A George Washington University analysis of how economic reforms (away from socialism) have caused a widening income gap in China, and yet raised the standards of living of the Chinese people. Closing the Wealth Gap A speech by P. J. O'Rourke, nationally syndicated columnist and award-winning author, on income disparity. Addressing the Extremes of Wealth and Poverty Outlines a proposals to reduce the disparity in wealth between poor and wealthy nations and individuals, through taxation and redistribution. Growing Income Disparity and the Middle Class Squeeze Catholic Social Justice takes a stand against income disparity, which it says is growing fast in the US. Includes statistics. A Brief Look at Postwar U.S. Income Inequality Census Bureau 1996 paper pointing out the sharp decline in the percentage of income of the bottom 80% of American since the late 1960's, taking the whole thirty years as a block. The New Inequality (from Boston Review) MIT's prestigious Boston Review discusses the rise of income inequality in the United States with a variety of economists and proposes some remedies, all along socialist lines. IGC articles on income inequality A collection of online articles from various organisations concerning income inequality in the US and abroad, claiming there is a growing gap, that this is bad, and that it should be "fixed" by government force. Poverty, Inequality and Development: Research at Cornell University Portal to research on poverty, inequality and development at Cornell University. Capitalist Policies Position paper that such policies lead to social and economic inequality. By Ramin Farahmandpur. |
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