Income Inequality in America



Causes of Income Inequality

•Rise of more decentralized wage system determined by the free market’s supply and demand principles
- Enterprise bargaining
•Wealth and how it affects income distribution
- Wealth is an insulator against rises in inflation


•Rise of more decentralized wage system determined by the free market’s supply and demand principles
- Enterprise bargaining
•Wealth and how it affects income distribution
- Wealth is an insulator against rises in inflation

Rise of a More Decentralized Wage System



Causes of Income Inequality

•Rise of more decentralized wage system determined by the free market’s supply and demand principles
- Enterprise bargaining
•Wealth and how it affects income distribution
- Wealth is an insulator against rises in inflation


Rise of a More Decentralized Wage System



Wealth as a Determinant of Income Inequality

•Wealth allows individuals to take advantage of circumstances otherwise unavailable to individuals subject to poorer socio-economic status

- Education
- Contacts
- Relatively easier to enter the workforce
- Ability to invest in assets
- Able to capitalize on inflation as prices of assets increase







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