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On the US Income Distribution

  • 2 April 2017
  • Philippe Waechter
  • Income distribution
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A  national accounts framework  that can show the income distribution by decile is a priori  fascinating. Piketty, Saez and Zucman have done that for the US. It allows to look at income shares through time. They show that the first 5 déciles share in national income intersects this share of the top 1% in the 90’s. The first five déciles share went from circa 20% in the 70’s to a little more than 12% in 2014. The top 1% has had a profile that mirrored this trajectory from 11% to 20%. 
A comparison of the first five déciles share between the US and France shows that French people have had really a better situation. 
The summary of a detailed document is available here 

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  • 9 December 2016
  • Global Economy

Philippe Waechter

Fascinating interview of Branko Milanovic on income inequalities, within countries and between countries, and on globalization after the referendum on Brexit and the election of D.Trump. Worth reading. https://www.socialeurope.eu/2016/12/speaking-up-for-globalisation-and-against-inequality/
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  • Milanovic
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