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Economy See other Economy Articles Title: The Great Divergence In Pictures: A visual guide to income inequality.
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Larry M. Bartels
URL Source: http://www.slate.com/id/2266174/sli ... w/2266174/fs/0//entry/2266218/
Published: Sep 10, 2010
Author: Slate
Post Date: 2010-09-10 21:36:13 by lucysmom
Keywords: economics Views: 2996
Comments: 3
Did the United States grow more unequal while Republicans were in power? It sounds crude, but Princeton political scientist Larry Bartels has gone a long way toward proving it. Bartels looked up income growth rates for families at various income percentiles for the years 1948 to 2005, then cross-checked these with whether the president was a Republican or a Democrat. He found two distinct and opposite trends. Click for Full Text!
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