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10 States With the Biggest Income Inequality

10 States With the Biggest Income Inequality
The wealth gap between America's highest earners and the rest of the U.S. population has never been greater, and it's a discrepancy poised to continue growing, according to various studies done on the topic. In 2013, upper-income Americans had a median ...
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The 9 Million Picasso That Explains Global Inequality
But this much we do know: The astronomical rise in prices for the most-sought-after works of art over the last generation is in large part the story of rising global inequality. At its core, this is the simplest of economic math. The supply of Picasso ...
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WHAT DOES INCOME INEQUALITY MEAN TO AMERICANS? – BBC NEWS

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As US president Obama prepares for his annual State of the Union speech on 28 January, income inequality is expected to be on the top of his agenda.

The US has one of the highest income gaps in the developed world, and the gap is growing.

The BBC's David Botti breaks down the numbers to see how the US compares to the rest of the world and how Americans are reacting to the income gap.

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Income Inequality: It's Also Bad for Your Health

Income Inequality: It's Also Bad for Your Health
The research on inequality at the county level is new, but existing literature suggests there are relationships between income inequality and life expectancy among countries in the world. “Inequality effects, over and above average income, are pretty ...
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Seven signs you are clueless about income inequality
Then he segued into a theme that underlay much of the conference this year, inequality in America. (Speakers from Paul Tudor Jones II to Dan Ariely addressed it.) Giridharadas captured the essence of just how badly the haves in this country are failing ...
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