Global Inequality - Inequality.org
WEBGlobal Wealth Inequality. According to the UBS Global Wealth Report, in 2023 the world’s richest 1 percent, those with more than $1 million, owned 47.5 percent of all the world’s wealth – equivalent to roughly $214 trillion. Adults with less than $10,000 make up nearly 40 percent of the world’s population, but hold less than 1 percent ...
Wealth Inequality - Inequality.org
WEBAccording to Institute for Policy Studies analysis of Forbes data, the combined wealth of all U.S. billionaires increased by $2.071 trillion (70.3 percent) between March 18, 2020 and October 15, 2021, from approximately $2.947 trillion to $5.019 trillion. Of the more than 700 U.S. billionaires, the richest five (Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark ...
Income Inequality - Inequality.org
WEBOver the past five decades, the top 1 percent of American earners have nearly doubled their share of national income, according to figures in the World Inequality Database.Meanwhile, the Census Bureau’s “official” poverty rate for all U.S. families has merely inched up and down. In 2011, the Census Bureau began publishing a “supplemental” poverty measure that is more accurate but ...
Inequality.org
WEBAug 29, 2024 · is your online portal to data, analysis, and commentary on income and wealth inequality. You'll find on these pages information and insights that can help you better understand our deeply unequal world — and how we can work to change it. Inequality.org comes to you as a project of the Washington, …
Inequality and Health - Inequality.org
WEBThe same association between high economic inequality and poor health can be observed within the United States. “Deaths of despair” — premature deaths from suicide, alcohol abuse, and drug overdoses — are at historic highs, with lower-income Americans particularly hard hit. The opioid crisis has driven the starkest gap.
Inequality and Covid-19 - Inequality.org
WEBAccording to APM Research Lab, white and Asian Americans have substantially lower Covid-19 mortality rates than those of other racial and ethnic groups. Between the start of the pandemic and October 2, 2022, indigenous people suffered 582 deaths per 100,000 people – more than twice the death rate for whites and Asians.
Migrant Women Farmworkers: An Invisible Essential Labor Force
WEBApr 21, 2021 · Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been an outpouring of public support for essential workers. But this national discourse has largely excluded migrant women farmworkers, despite their vital role in keeping food on American families’ tables. Monica Ramirez, Executive Director of Justice for …
Inequality and Taxes - Inequality.org
WEBThis results in the poorest families paying a larger share of their income on state and local taxes than the rich. According to a 2024 Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report, the poorest 20 percent of Americans face an average effective state and local tax rate of 11.3 percent, while the top 1 percent’s average rate is just 7.2 percent.
WEB2 Authors: Kalena Thomhave is a researcher with the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies. Chuck Collins directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he also co-edits Inequality.org. His most recent book is The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions from Polity Press, and in ...
Gender Economic Inequality - Inequality.org
WEBGender Poverty Gaps. The gender poverty gap has not improved significantly over the past half decade. In 1966, 12.1 percent of women and 8.4 percent of men aged 18-64 lived below the official poverty line. In 2021, 11.7 percent of women in this age group were living in poverty, compared to 9.3 percent of men.