Wall Street Journal

Income Inequality at the Top and Equality Down at the Bottom

It is good to see economists finally address the matter of income inequality using income after taxes and transfer payments to analyze the distribution of household income (“Income Equality, Not ...
American Enterprise Institute

New CBO Study Shows That ‘the Rich’ Don’t Just Pay Their ‘fair Share,’ They Pay Almost Everybody’s Share

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its annual report on “The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes” analyzing data through 2011 on American household’s: a) average ...
The Heritage Foundation

Two Americas: One Rich, One Poor? Understanding Income Inequality in the United States

Class warfare has always been a mainstay of liberal politics. Politicians frequently depict the United States as a nation starkly divided between the rich and poor ...
The Heritage Foundation

Analyzing Economic Mobility: Measuring Inequality and EconomicMobility

A new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) offers new proof that many of America's poorest citizens are doing better than they were 14 years ago. Between 1991 and 2005, the average annual ...
Economic and Political Weekly

Reflections on Wealth Quintile Distribution and Health Outcomes

This study focuses on the method the National Family Health Survey-3 adopts to compute national wealth quintiles using the wealth index score of households as a basis. It argues that the survey's ...