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The blog 'Breaking Bread' is for a civil general discussion, like you might have at the dinner table with guests. The posts 'Economics Without the B.S.' are intended for a general audience that wouldn't have to know the difference between a Phillips Curve, a Laffer Curve, or a Cole Hamels Curve. Vic Volpe was formally educated at Penn State and the University of Scranton, with major studies in History, Economics and Finance, and Business; and, is self-educated since by way of books and on-line university courses. His practical education came from sixty years of work experience in the blue-collar trades as well as a white-collar professional career -- a white-collar professional career in production and R&D. In his professional career and as a long-haul trucker, he has traveled throughout the lower forty-eight. From his professional career alone he has visited many manufacturing plants in the United States, Europe and China. He has lived in major metropolitan areas and very small towns in various parts of the United States. He served three years with the U.S. Army as an enlisted man, much of that time in Germany.

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Inequality and Economic Performance

Inequality and Economic Performance

Economics Without The B.S.**: 

[**  Double entendre intended.]

The Gini Ratio is one measure of inequality -- the lower the ratio the less inequality. Notice the 1960s, especially the mid-'60s, it is the best rate of economic growth in U.S. history; it also had a wide dispersion of wealth in that society, by income.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=khTM  [Interactive chart]




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