median wealth plummeted by 44 percent over years 2007 to 2010, almost double the drop in housing prices. The inequality of … indebtedness. The sharp fall in median net worth and the rise in overall wealth inequality over these years are traceable primarily … proximate cause was the high dissavings of the middle class, though their debt continued to fall. Wealth inequality and the …

in inflation. Coincident with these trends has been a surge in U.S. wealth inequality, with the Gini coefficient up by 0 … Consumer Finances. Contrary to expectations, the paper finds that these two monetary effects have reduced wealth inequality … range from a weak negative effect on inequality to neutral, small positive, and strong positive. In terms of methodology …

inequality and dynamics. Here we analyse the two concepts in a comparative perspective for the same individuals in Italy and the …

tax. The Swiss tax would have a very small effect on income inequality, lowering the post-tax Gini coefficient by 0 ….004 Gini points. The effect of the Swiss tax and Warren tax on wealth inequality is miniscule, lowering the Gini coefficient by …

wealth more than fully recovered. There was a modest remission in wealth inequality, with the share of the top one percent …