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General Politics => Economics => Topic started by: darklordoftech on January 12, 2019, 02:01:25 AM



Title: Which decade did income inequality rise the most in?
Post by: darklordoftech on January 12, 2019, 02:01:25 AM
With all the talk about income inequality in 2016, I couldn't help but wonder about the timeline.


Title: Re: Which decade did income inequality rise the most in?
Post by: OSR stands with Israel on February 14, 2019, 01:02:53 AM
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Title: Re: Which decade did income inequality rise the most in?
Post by: Del Tachi on February 15, 2019, 01:50:48 AM

Curse the tech giants.


Title: Re: Which decade did income inequality rise the most in?
Post by: Ban my account ffs! on February 15, 2019, 11:58:04 AM
The 90s easily...welfare reform, the tech bubble


Title: Re: Which decade did income inequality rise the most in?
Post by: Insomnian on February 15, 2019, 02:14:17 PM
Probably the post-2009 years, because the recovery was largely for the wealthy.


Title: Re: Which decade did income inequality rise the most in?
Post by: courts on February 18, 2019, 07:49:33 AM
yeah that looks about right. it was pretty noticeable


Title: Re: Which decade did income inequality rise the most in?
Post by: Antonio the Sixth on February 22, 2019, 01:04:42 AM

A logarithmic scale would be a better measure.


Title: Re: Which decade did income inequality rise the most in?
Post by: RFayette on February 22, 2019, 03:55:52 AM
A logarithmic scale would be a better measure.

Was thinking the same thing - you can really see that exponential pattern from 1970 to 2000.