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Five Ways to Look at Income Inequality
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Weekly Roundup: From Overbooked Flights to Immigration Fallacies
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Weekly Roundup: From Affluent Mates to Successful Names
Our everyday economics includes tradeoffs, deposit insurance, supply chain, bias, human capital, income inequality, marriage markets and Federal Reserve.…
Love, Marriage and Inequality
As female labor force participation increased since the 1970s, so too has the income inequality that resulted from assortative mating of higher earners.…
Weekly Roundup: From Thirsty Almonds to Potent Alcohol
Our everyday economics includes human capital, incentives, behavioral economics, cost and benefit, exports, tradeoffs, inequality, risk,markets, and income.…
What We Should Ask About the Wealth Gap
Because economists disagree on how to measure wealth, they convey different conclusions about the history of wealth inequality and distribution..…
Why Academy Award Winners Might Live Longer
Relating income inequality to the stress felt by low status Bolivian Tsimane men and academy award losers, researchers said that stress that harms health.…
A Bigger (Thanksgiving) Pie or Equal Slices?
Increasing income inequality by moving from communal farming to individual plots, Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford changed income redistribution.…
What Golf in China Shows About Economic Development
On a ladder of spending in developing economies, growing affluence first means wheat and meat. Then, climbing somewhat higher, people can afford consumer durables like a washing machine and a car. On …