CIAO DATE: 07/2008
April 2008
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Income inequality is rising, and in this article, AEI visiting scholar N. Gregory Mankiw looks at the statistical evidence and causes. Government policy, he says, is unlikely to be the culprit because inequality has risen in Democratic and Republican administrations--we need to look instead at skills-based technological change and educational attainment. Education, Mankiw says, is key to understanding the broader trends, but it cannot fully explain the incomes of the super-rich.
Resource link: The Wealth Trajectory: Rewards for the Few [PDF] - 57K