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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Economic Inequality''' β The "Difference" in how "Assets, Wealth, or Income" are distributed among individuals and populations. * '''Gini Coefficient''' β A "Mathematical Score" (0 to 1) for inequality: **0** is "Perfect Equality" (everyone has the same), **1** is "Perfect Inequality" (one person has everything). * '''Capital vs. Labor''' β The "Battle" for the profit: does the money go to the "Owner of the machine" (Capital) or the "Worker" (Labor)? * '''Thomas Piketty''' β The modern economist who proved that "Wealth grows faster than the Economy" ($r > g$), making the rich "Inevitably richer" over time. * '''The Kuznets Curve''' β A "U-shaped" theory that inequality "Increases" during industrialization but "Decreases" as a country gets richer (Now highly debated). * '''The Great Compression''' (1940-1970) β A period in the West where "Inequality Fell" drastically due to "High Taxes" and "Strong Unions." * '''Social Mobility''' β The "Ability" of an individual to "Move Up" the economic ladder (The 'American Dream'). * '''Progressive Taxation''' β A system where "Rich people pay a higher %" of their income in taxes to "Redistribute" wealth to the poor. * '''Wealth Gap''' β The difference in "Total Assets" (Savings/Houses) rather than just "Yearly Paychecks." * '''Plutocracy''' β A society that is "Ruled" by the "Rich." </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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