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   Inequality increased from 1989 to 2013. [1] The inequality of wealth (i.e. inequality in the distribution of assets) has substantially increased in the United States in recent decades. [2] Wealth commonly includes the values of any homes, automobiles, personal valuables, businesses, savings, and investments, as well as any associated debts.

2. www.nber.org › wealth-inequality-united-statesWealth Inequality in the United States | NBER

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   Jun 30, 2021 · With recent proposals for a direct wealth tax, particular attention has been given to wealth inequality. My work also focuses on this issue. Here, I summarize studies of four different aspects. First, what are the general trends in wealth and wealth inequality over the last 60 years or so in the United States?

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   What is inequality of wealth?

   • The inequality of wealth (i.e. inequality in the distribution of assets) has substantially increased in the United States in recent decades. Wealth commonly includes the values of any homes, automobiles, personal valuables, businesses, savings, and investments, as well as any associated debts.

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   What happened to wealth inequality in the United States?

   • He is also a senior fellow in the Financial Security Program at the Aspen Institute. U.S. wealth and income inequality grew from 1989-2016, with the bottom half of Americans getting left behind. Data also show the racial wealth gap remained essentially unchanged, while generational and educational wealth gaps widened.

   Wealth Inequality in America: Key Facts & Figures | St. Louis Fed

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   Why is wealth distributed unequally in the United States?

   • Wealth—what a family owns less what they owe—is distributed unequally in the United States. Why does wealth matter? Wealth is important for upward economic mobility, allowing families to invest in their futures and their children’s futures, and to deal with financial bumps in the road.

   U.S. Wealth Gaps Remain Despite Widespread Gains | St. Louis Fed

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   Who owns 2% of US wealth inequality in 2022?

   • The final five people, representing the bottom 50% of families—or 65.5 million families—share the crumbs, owning 2% of the total pie. That was the state of U.S. wealth inequality in 2022, which you can see in the animated graphic below. SOURCES: Federal Reserve Board’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances and authors’ calculations.

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   Feb 7, 2024 · Home. > Open Vault Blog. U.S. Wealth Inequality: Gaps Remain Despite Widespread Wealth Gains. February 07, 2024. By Ana Hernández Kent , Lowell R. Ricketts. Wealth—what a family owns less what they owe—is distributed unequally in the United States. Why does wealth matter?

5. www.thelancet.com › journals › lancetInequality and the health-care system in the USA - The Lancet

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   Inequality and the health-care system in the USA. Summary. Widening economic inequality in the USA has been accompanied by increasing disparities in health outcomes. The life expectancy of the wealthiest Americans now exceeds that of the poorest by 10–15 years.

   • Author: Samuel L Dickman, David U Himmelstein, David U Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Steffie Woolhandler

   • Publish Year: 2017

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   We begin with an examination of the reasons that wealth inequality has received little empirical attention. We then discuss methods of creating empirical estimates of wealth accumulation and distribution, and we present some estimates of recent trends in wealth inequality.

7. www.stlouisfed.org › open-vault › 2019Wealth Inequality in America: Key Facts & Figures | St. Louis Fed

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   Aug 14, 2019 · > Open Vault Blog. What Wealth Inequality in America Looks Like: Key Facts & Figures. August 14, 2019. By Ana Hernández Kent , Lowell R. Ricketts , Ray Boshara. For an updated analysis of wealth inequality in the U.S., see U.S. Wealth Inequality: Gaps Remain Despite Widespread Wealth Gains, which was published Feb. 7, 2024.

8. www.stlouisfed.org › open-vault › 2020Wealth Inequality in America over Time: Key Statistics

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   Dec 2, 2020 · In it, we showed the state of wealth and income inequality in the U.S. using 2016 data—at the time, the most recently available—from the Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Consumer Finances. So, how has wealth inequality in the U.S. changed over time? What does the wealth distribution in America look like now?