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Census Bureau 1996 paper pointing out the sharp decline in the percentage of income of the bottom 80% of American since the late 1960's, taking the whole thirty years as a block.
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Outlines a proposals to reduce the disparity in wealth between poor and wealthy nations and individuals, through taxation and redistribution.
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A George Washington University analysis of how economic reforms (away from socialism) have caused a widening income gap in China, and yet raised the standards of living of the Chinese people.
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A speech by P. J. O'Rourke, nationally syndicated columnist and award-winning author, on income disparity.
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Catholic Social Justice takes a stand against income disparity, which it says is growing fast in the US. Includes statistics.
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An interview with Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, regarding globalism, new world economics, and their effects on the consumerist society.
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Portal to research on poverty, inequality and development at Cornell University.
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Addresses the causes of the income gap, and some proposed solutions.
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Graphically describes and criticizes income distribution in the United States.
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The UTIP is a research group concerned with measuring and explaining movements of inequality in wages and earnings and patterns of industrial changes around the world. Techniques are applied to data from the United States, the OECD, and UNIDO, with interesting results for both developed and developing countries.
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UFE raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power has negative effects on society. UFE supports and helps build social movements for greater equality.