other sources, this paper presents seven economic facts about the racial wealth gap in the U.S. We present data on racial … between Black households and White households. While none of the economic factors listed fully explains the racial wealth gap …, each factor, along with a history of racism and discrimination has contributed to the extreme wealth inequality in America …

Bekanntlich sind auf der Welt nur zwei Dinge sicher: der Tod und die Steuern. Allerdings scheint Benjamin Franklins … gerechtere Abgabensysteme in einer globalisierten Welt. Wir müssen verhindern, so die renommierten Ungleichheitsforscher, dass …

driving the US business cycle. The estimated shocks, however, have significantly contributed to the evolution of US wealth and …

light on the impact of intergenerational transfers on household wealth disparities and on possible reasons for the … substantial differences in household wealth disparities among the 4 countries. Almost all of the evidence I present suggests that … intergenerational transfers have a disequalizing impact on household wealth disparities and promote the transmission of household wealth …

I find here that the early 2000s witnessed both exploding debt and the middle-class squeeze. While median wealth grew … as during the previous two decades. The racial and ethnic disparity in wealth holdings, after stabilizing during most of … the 1990s, widened in the years between 1998 and 2001, but then narrowed during the early 2000s. Wealth also shifted in …

-class squeeze.” Median wealth grew briskly in the late 1990s. It grew even faster in the aughts, while the inequality of net worth …-type assets generally remained as high in 2007 as during the previous two decades. The racial and ethnic disparity in wealth … the early and mid-aughts. Wealth also shifted in relative terms, away from young households (particularly those under age …