The myth of American inequality [electronic resource] : how government biases policy debate

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서명/저자사항	The myth of American inequality [electronic resource]: how government biases policy debate / Phil Gramm, Robert Ekelund, and John Early.
개인저자	Gramm, Phil, author. Ekelund, Robert B. (Robert Burton), 1940- author. Early, John (Mathematical economist), author.
발행사항	Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022
형태사항	1 online resource (viii, 255 p.) : illustrations
ISBN	9781538167397 1538167395
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Introduction: Official statistical measures understate America's well-being -- Inequality in producing and consuming in America -- Poverty in America -- Trends in income inequality -- Causes of the growth in earned-income inequality -- Measures of well-being -- What about the "super rich"? -- The American dream is alive and well -- Fifty years of economic progress -- Policy implications and conclusions
요약	"Everything you know about income inequality, poverty and other measures of economic well-being in America is wrong. In measuring income inequality, poverty and other indexes of well-being our government does not count two-thirds of all transfer payments that are received or any of the taxes paid. When we get our facts straight poverty has virtually been eliminated, income inequality is lower than it was in 1947 and America is still the great land of opportunity"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
주제명(지명)	United States --Economic conditions. United States. --fast
일반주제명	Income distribution --United States. Poverty --United States. Income distribution. Poverty. Revenu --Re?partition --E?tats-Unis. Pauvrete --E?tats-Unis.
분류기호(DDC)	339.20973
언어	영어
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