the e gap外文翻译.ppt

文档介绍：The e Gap between the poor and wealth
Recent increases in e and wage inequality in the United States prompt a look at the ethics of e redistribution.
Some evidence
The gaps in after-tax e between the richest 1 percent of Americans and the middle and poorest fifths of the country more than tripled between 1979 and 2007 (the period for which these data are available), according to data the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued last week. Taken together with prior research, the new data suggest greater e concentration at the top of the e scale than at any time since 1928.
Why has inequality increased?
declining demand for low-skilled workers as a crucial factor
Globalization of the economy
institutional changes in the labor market
Why should they care?
e inequality raises basic ethical issues that should be the subject of