Blogs1 - 10 of 72 recent posts for tag:"income distribution"
02
Nov
2009
Income and Tax Redistribution

6 days ago by ittecon

This is a good article discussing tax redistribution and income inequality from 2000 to 2007. Notice that the top fifth of income earners received about $18,713 in tax breaks, while the bottom fifth only got $706. Well, of course, the high income families woudl be expected to get a larger break beca ...

Economics @ ITT 050 - ittecon.wordpress.com

01
Nov
2009
Tax Water?

7 days ago by Bang

Urban economists might think taxing land is the ideal way to manage urban growth; PK thinks it wouldn't raise enough $$. Should we tax water? Like a tax on land (not a tax on property, which would include the development of land), it would likely not distort investment. I'm concerned about the distr ...

Big Bang Economics - bangecon.blogspot.com · Rank: 115,439 · 1 reference

30
Oct
2009
SM-TVXQ Contract w/r/t/ Income Distribution 091030

9 days ago by DBSKstar

The Court has granted the injunction filed by the members of TVXQ against SM Entertainment.The Court found that the Contract between SM and the Members was unconscionable and against public policy. Following this victory, the Members are proceeding with the main suit to ask for the rightful shares o ...

Dong Bang Shin Ki - everydaydbsk.wordpress.com

Pay inequality between men and women in different local authority areas

9 days ago by Vino S

This fascinating webpage tries to illustrate the differences in earned income between men and women by contrasting figures from two local authorities - Haringey and Wokingham. Haringey has fairly similar figures for male and female pay. In fact, women earn 2% more than men. Haringey is also a poor b ...

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The "Silver Spoon" in Ancient Societies

9 days ago by Mark Thoma

The intergenerational transfer of wealth and advantage is nothing new, but what causes it?: Inequality, 'silver spoon' effect found in ancient societies, EurekAlert: The so-called "silver spoon" effect -- in which wealth is passed down from one generation to another -- is well established in some of ...

Economist's View - economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview · Rank: 988 · 1030 references

29
Oct
2009
America: Democracy or Dollarocracy?

10 days ago by thoughtbasket

A mere 15 years after buying it, I am finally getting around to reading Reinhold Niebuhr’s Moral Man and Immoral Society. Thoughtbasket readers will probably see numerous posts inspired by this book, likely spanning months, since that is how long it will take me to finish it based on my current read ...

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28
Oct
2009
"Labor's Share"

11 days ago by Mark Thoma

Spencer at Angry Bear on the "secular decline in labor's share of the pie": Labor's Share, by Spencer: The issue of a jobless recovery is getting a lot of attention recently. I've found the best way to look at the issue is to compare the change in real growth and productivity over the long run. Ther ...

Economist's View - economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview · Rank: 988 · 1030 references

26
Oct
2009
Salaries of FTSE-100 bosses go up by more than 7%

13 days ago by Vino S

This article points out that the bosses of FTSE-100 companies have had a 7.4% salary rise, on average. This goes to show that any talk of "we're all in it together" is cant. It seems that ordinary workers are suffering - and public-sector workers are being lined up for further attacks, while the bos ...

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24
Oct
2009
"Increasing the Social Mix"

15 days ago by Mark Thoma

Why do some countries exhibit more social mobility than others?: Getting ahead of ourselves, by Peter Browne, Inside Story: Last month, after Barack Obama invoked the American Dream at Wakefield High School in Virginia, Inside Story looked at what the statistics show about social mobility in western ...

Economist's View - economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview · Rank: 988 · 1030 references

22
Oct
2009
Taking the Income Inequality Debate to the Next Level

17 days ago by Anthony W. Orlando

The Cato Unbound debates are good at exploring as many facets of an issue as possible, and then going back and forth a few times on each facet to make sure all the possibilities are fleshed out. Elizabeth Anderson says what I said about political power…only she says it better. John V. C. Nye says wh ...

Trading Eights - anthonyworlando.com · Rank: 68,539 · 2 references

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