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Globalization, by enriching executives, is boosting income inequality
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Imagine four people sharing an apple pie. In an equal world, the four each get a quarter of the pie. But in America, the rich person at the table – a corporate executive, say – is getting a bigger slice each year, while the others’ pieces are shrinking.
Social Security reform: An explainer
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Climate change and economic growth: Evidence from the last half century
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Because climate change is a global phenomenon and its potential effects diverse, understanding the economic impacts is highly complex. Agriculture, fishing, migration, health and tourism could all be affected; in many ways the impacts are likely to be negative, but some could be positive.
Polarization of job opportunities in the U.S. labor market
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Source: JournalistsResource.orgPolarized America: The dance of ideology and unequal riches
Source: JournalistsResource.orgThe past 25 years in the United States have been marked by growing income inequality, increasing political divisions and rising immigration. A 2006 Princeton University study, “Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches,” looks at possible connections between these trends.
Possible effects of the “Buffett Rule” and higher taxes on the wealthy
Source: JournalistsResource.orgImmigrants to the U.S. before WWI made today's communities richer, better educated
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Immigration is an explosive topic in politics and news. In Europe and the United States, many people focus on new arrivals’ short-term impacts. But what about immigrants’ long-term effects on their new communities?