Inequalities that use \(\textless\) or \(\textgreater\) symbols are plotted with a dashed line to show that the line is not included in the region. Inequalities that use ≤ or ≥ symbols are plotted ...

Households at the top saw the biggest gains. Those at the bottom stagnated. But what about the people in between? Here's the story of income inequality in America over the past 40 years. Hover over ...

That the Great Recession profited the wealthy has been clear for some time. Similarly, it hurt those who were worse off. For example, those at the top of the economic structure here more than ...

Since World War II, inequality in the U.S. has gone through two, dramatically different phases. In the first phase, known as the great compression, inequality fell. Incomes rose for people in the ...

Branko Milanovic is a World Bank economist and development specialist. He's currently a visiting presidential professor at CUNY's Graduate Center and a senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study ...

Here's the story of income inequality in America over the past 40 years. Hover over each line to identify household income, and click through to see the percentage growth over the past 40 years. The ...