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These claims on inequality trends in India are based on a set of questionable assumptions. They warrant closer scrutiny

The analysis shows that the share of the nation’s income going to the top 1% of earners after taxes and transfers has increased by just 1.4% since 1979, writes Jordan McGillis.

I have news for you: The United States is becoming more redistributionist. Whether you like it or not.

The dominant change in the tax and transfer system over the past half-century has been an increase in transfers to the bottom.

Whether it's because voters think it is the right thing to do or because they hope to gain themselves from such a system, as the U.S. increases its wealth, it is redistributing more of it.

A selection of correspondence | Letters

Neither the left nor the right may want to believe it, but the US tax system does a pretty good job of taking from the haves and giving to the have-nots.

BOSTON — Debates about inequality trends in the United States have leapt from the pages of academic journals to leading media outlets. While conservatives have long questioned whether US inequality has really increased, The Economist recently weighed in, concluding that “the idea that inequality is rising is very far from a self-evident truth”. Unfortunately, this debate has

Our nation's spike in crime from rampant petty theft to carjacking isn't caused by the "greedy 1%." The reality of America's problems stems from moral decay not the rich.

A prediction of the future does not reality make.