Economia
- Usa 2008: Barack Obama And John Mccain
August 31, 2008 Economic View Is History Siding With Obama’s Economic Plan? By ALAN S. BLINDER CLEARLY, there are major differences between the economic policies of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain. Mr. McCain wants more tax cuts for the rich;...
- Crescimento Econômico E Distribuição
Solow writes, if the economy is growing at g percent per year, and if it saves s percent of its national income each year, the self-reproducing capital-income ratio is s / g (10 / 2 in the example). Piketty suggests that global growth of output...
- Mulheres E O Progresso Econômico Na América Latina
Women key to Latin America economic progress By Stephanie Leutert, CFR Editor's note: Stephanie Leutert is a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. This entry of Latin America's Moment originally appeared here. The views...
- Macro Iii - Distriubição De Renda E Patrimônio
Novo estudo mostra para os Estados Unidos que os pobres ficam pobres e os ricas ficam mais ricos: http://rrp.sagepub.com/content/43/4/467.full.pdf+html Who Are the Winners and the Losers? Transitions in the U.S. Household Income Distribution John...
- O Crescimento Da Desigualdade é Ruim?
Segundo Gary Becker, nem sempre. Should not an increase in earnings inequality due primarily to higher rates of return on education and other skills be considered a favorable rather than unfavorable development? Higher rates of return on capital are...
Economia
Desigualdade da renda aumentou nos Estados Unidos
Income inequality in America
"Occupy Wall Street" gets a boost from a new report on income distribution
OF ALL the many banners being waved around the world by disgruntled protesters from Chile to Australia the one that reads, "We Are the 99%" is the catchiest. It is purposefully vague, but it is also underpinned by some solid economics. A report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) points out that income inequality in America has not risen dramatically over the past 20 years—when the top 1% of earners are excluded. With them, the picture is quite different. The causes of the good fortune of those at the top are disputed, but the CBO provides some useful detail on that too. The biggest component of the increase in after-tax income for the top one percent is "business income" as opposed to income from labour or investments (though admittedly these things are hard to untangle). Whatever the cause, the data are powerful because they tend to support two prejudices. First, that a system that works well for the very richest has delivered returns on labour that are disappointing for everyone else. Second, that the people at the top have made out like bandits over the past few decades, and that now everyone else must pick up the bill. Of course it is a little more complicated than that. But this downturn ought to test the normally warm feelings in America of the 99% towards the 1%.
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OF ALL the many banners being waved around the world by disgruntled protesters from Chile to Australia the one that reads, "We Are the 99%" is the catchiest. It is purposefully vague, but it is also underpinned by some solid economics. A report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) points out that income inequality in America has not risen dramatically over the past 20 years—when the top 1% of earners are excluded. With them, the picture is quite different. The causes of the good fortune of those at the top are disputed, but the CBO provides some useful detail on that too. The biggest component of the increase in after-tax income for the top one percent is "business income" as opposed to income from labour or investments (though admittedly these things are hard to untangle). Whatever the cause, the data are powerful because they tend to support two prejudices. First, that a system that works well for the very richest has delivered returns on labour that are disappointing for everyone else. Second, that the people at the top have made out like bandits over the past few decades, and that now everyone else must pick up the bill. Of course it is a little more complicated than that. But this downturn ought to test the normally warm feelings in America of the 99% towards the 1%.
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- Usa 2008: Barack Obama And John Mccain
August 31, 2008 Economic View Is History Siding With Obama’s Economic Plan? By ALAN S. BLINDER CLEARLY, there are major differences between the economic policies of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain. Mr. McCain wants more tax cuts for the rich;...
- Crescimento Econômico E Distribuição
Solow writes, if the economy is growing at g percent per year, and if it saves s percent of its national income each year, the self-reproducing capital-income ratio is s / g (10 / 2 in the example). Piketty suggests that global growth of output...
- Mulheres E O Progresso Econômico Na América Latina
Women key to Latin America economic progress By Stephanie Leutert, CFR Editor's note: Stephanie Leutert is a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. This entry of Latin America's Moment originally appeared here. The views...
- Macro Iii - Distriubição De Renda E Patrimônio
Novo estudo mostra para os Estados Unidos que os pobres ficam pobres e os ricas ficam mais ricos: http://rrp.sagepub.com/content/43/4/467.full.pdf+html Who Are the Winners and the Losers? Transitions in the U.S. Household Income Distribution John...
- O Crescimento Da Desigualdade é Ruim?
Segundo Gary Becker, nem sempre. Should not an increase in earnings inequality due primarily to higher rates of return on education and other skills be considered a favorable rather than unfavorable development? Higher rates of return on capital are...