century, with separate consideration of income and wealth. We analyse the drivers of the changes in inequality and possible …In this article, we show the evolution of inequality for the largest economies of the Latin American region in the 21st …

strengthening of taxes levied on income, profits and capital gains and general goods and services. …

Some middle-income economies, many of which Latin American, have not achieved to make the transition into high-income … status for long years and are allegedly trapped in middle-income status. While there is considerable consensus on the … supporting growth convergence of middle-income countries. …

believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy … this must always have been true. Indeed, some have argued that high inequality appeared very early in the post … performance we observe there even today. This paper argues to the contrary. Compared with the rest of the world, inequality was …