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Reporter's notebook: Clearing up the $600,000 average white wealth
Noel King May 7, 2013
You asked us about numbers in a story about black wealth. Here's the outcome.
Are CEOs worth 380 times what the average worker makes?
Marketplace Money Staff Mar 8, 2013
A new viral video called "Wealth Inequality in America" has put a spotlight on CEO pay.
A surprise viral hit: Income inequality, the movie
Krissy Clark Mar 8, 2013
You may have been forwarded an unusual YouTube video this week, based on an economic analysis of income inequality. But where did it come from?
Wealth gap grows between black and white in U.S.
Kai Ryssdal Mar 1, 2013
The racial wealth gap in the United States has tripled in the past 25 years.
How does the U.S. stack up on income inequality?
Stephan Richter Mar 13, 2013
When it comes to income inequality is the United States more like Iran or France?
The past, present and future of the estate tax
Shereen Marisol Meraji Dec 13, 2012
Some wealthy individuals say a higher estate tax is fair, but others are fighting against proposed changes.
Tough Choices: How the poor spend money
Tess Vigeland Oct 25, 2012
Three families living around the poverty line in San Diego tell Marketplace Money what it means to spend money when you don't have a whole lot of it.
Rich and poor in San Diego speak out on wealth gap
Tom Fudge Oct 5, 2012
Residents of San Diego's wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods reflect on opportunity, responsibility and the American Dream.
The haves and the have-nots? Not in Country Knolls
Tracey Samuelson Sep 24, 2012
The through line in this election campaign and in the economy for the past year or so has been a debate about income inequality. According to the Census Bureau, the community of Country Knolls, in upstate New York, is the most income equal in the country.
A new way to measure income inequality
Jeff Horwich Sep 20, 2012
Environmental writer Tim De Chant says gauging income inequality is as simple as looking at a neighborhood's trees.
