Article: Pinning an early death on income inequality

Article: ECONOMY-U.S.: DESPITE "BOOM," INCOME INEQUALITY ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... workers at the bottom recover from 15 years of wage stagnation and decline," says Lawrence Mishel, co ... But some alarming trends persist as wage and income inequality remain high, families are working more hours ...

Article: The myths on income inequality
International Herald Tribune;  September 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Tribune 09-08-2006 There are two schools of thought on income inequality in America. Members of the first school populist politicians ... short, government policy is not driving inequality and wage stagnation. But government hasn't done much to effectively address ...

Article: Wage Stagnation Worsens in '90s, Study Shows
The Washington Post;  September 1, 1996 ;     520 words ... ... determine how workers are faring in the sixth year of economic recovery since the 1990-91 recession. They concluded that the wage stagnation that has plagued America since the mid-1970s has grown worse, not better, in the 1990s. "The changes in the economy ...

Article: SPENDING UP DESPITE WAGE STAGNATION
Post-Tribune (IN);  June 27, 1998 ;     628 words ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. Americans' personal income increased solidly in May and they spent their money robustly. But in a hint of spillover from Asia's economic turmoil, factory wages stagnated. Incomes increased 0.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted

Article: SEN. KENNEDY ISSUES STATEMENT ON LONGEST MINIMUM WAGE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 1, 2006 ;     375 words ...The office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., issued the following statement: Today, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy released the following statement: "Saturday marks the longest period in history that minimum wage workers have gone without a raise. For nearly a decade, the prices of everyday necessities

Article: Mid-Year Review of Jobs Data Shows Pennsylvania Job Market Still ...
PR Newswire;  July 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ...HARRISBURG, Pa., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A new review of Pennsylvania jobs data for the first six months of 2004 by the Keystone Research Center finds that the state's economy remains sluggish from the perspective of Pennsylvania workers, with mediocre performance in terms of job growth, the

Article: INCOME INEQUALITY AND INDUSTRIAL COMPOSITION
Public Administration Quarterly;  December 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... on the magnitude, and trends in income inequality in the United States as a nation ... of the potential determinants of income inequality in the United Sates are identified ... composition in the United States and income inequality. The primary finding is that there ...