Lower US income inequality will shift policy narrative
US household incomes have been rising since the pandemic and the income inequality gap has narrowed slightly as a result
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- Measuring the income gap
- Poverty levels
- Average living standards
- Trends offsetting income inequality
- The pandemic effect
- Tight labour market
- Low-wage sectors retain jobs
- Student debt relief
- Parlous state of Social Security
- Demand to outstrip funding
- Millennial debt
- Political impact
- Political benefits?
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