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The L-Curve
lcurve.org
Graphically describes and criticizes income distribution in the United States.
Growing Income Disparity and the Middle Class Squeeze
justpeace.org
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.gov
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.
Helena Norberg-Hodge
unitedearth.com.au
An interview with Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, regarding globalism, new world economics, and their effects on the consumerist society. (May 27, 2000)
The Causes of Income Inequality
ncpa.org
Addresses the causes of the income gap, and some proposed solutions.
Closing the Wealth Gap
cato.org
A speech by P. J. O'Rourke, nationally syndicated columnist and award-winning author, on income disparity.
Addressing the Extremes of Wealth and Poverty
www3.sympatico.ca
Outlines a proposals to reduce the disparity in wealth between poor and wealthy nations and individuals, through taxation and redistribution.
Poverty, Inequality and Development: Research at Cornell University
arts.cornell.edu
Portal to research on poverty, inequality and development at Cornell University.
The University of Texas Inequality Project (UTIP)
utip.gov.utexas.edu
The UTIP is a research group concerned with measuring and explaining movements of inequality in wages and earnings and patterns of industrial changes around the world. Techniques are applied to data from the United States, the OECD, and UNIDO, with interesting results for both developed and developing countries.
United for a Fair Economy
faireconomy.org
U.S. national, independent, nonpartisan organization concerned about the growing income, wage and wealth inequality in the United States. Specific issues include wage inequalities and "tax cuts for the rich".
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The OECD cites three factors that have been driving changes in inequality and poverty in Canada: changes in the age and household structure of the ...
Poverty numbers are a major cause for concern Standard Freeholder
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