Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth: Up 88 Percent over Four Years
2024年3月18日 · 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 that day, the United States had 614 billionaires who owned a combined wealth of $2.947 trillion.
10 Inequality Victories in 2024 - Inequality.org
2024年12月18日 · In dark times like these, shining a light on successful efforts to reverse our country’s extreme inequality is more important than ever. As we looked back on 2024, we actually found plenty to celebrate.
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, the Census Bureau’s “official” poverty rate for all U.S. families has merely inched up and down. In 2011, the Census Bureau began publishing a “supplemental” poverty measure that is …
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 average of 83 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2021, up from 76 cents in 2001. The narrowing of the pay gap has slowed in the past two decades compared to earlier decades when women were joining the workforce in ...
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 understand our deeply unequal world — and how we can work to change it.
Racial Economic Inequality - Inequality.org
Racial Wealth Divide. By the middle of the 21st century, the United States will be a “majority minority” nation. If we hope to ensure a strong middle class, historically the backbone of the national economy, then improving the financial health of households of color will become even more urgent than it is today.
Eight Ways To Reduce Global Inequality
2015年2月11日 · 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 would agree to tax personal assets of all kinds at graduated rates.The skeptics do have a point about whether this particular plan is practical, but we shouldn’t give up on the idea.
801 U.S. billionaires hold a combined $6.22 trillion in wealth
2024年9月17日 · There are now 801 billionaires based in the United States with a combined wealth totaling $6.22 trillion, according to an Institute for Policy Studies analysis of the Forbes Real Time Billionaire List.. The total number of billionaires is down 11 people as of September 13, 2024 from April when Forbes published their 38 th annual World’s Billionaire List.
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 December 3, 2024, according to Institute for Policy Studies …
It’s Not ‘Inflation’ — We’re Just Getting Ripped Off. Here’s Proof.
2024年2月5日 · Many Americans are still experiencing the sticker shock they first faced two years ago when inflation hit its peak. But if inflation is down now, why are families still feeling the pinch? The answer lies in corporate profits — and we have the data to prove it.