Department of Economics, Paris School of Economics, Paris, France.
Department of Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Science. 2014 May 23;344(6186):838-43. doi: 10.1126/science.1251936.
This Review presents basic facts regarding the long-run evolution of income and wealth inequality in Europe and the United States. Income and wealth inequality was very high a century ago, particularly in Europe, but dropped dramatically in the first half of the 20th century. Income inequality has surged back in the United States since the 1970s so that the United States is much more unequal than Europe today. We discuss possible interpretations and lessons for the future.
这篇综述介绍了欧洲和美国长期以来收入和财富不平等的演变的基本事实。一个世纪前，收入和财富不平等程度非常高，特别是在欧洲，但在 20 世纪上半叶急剧下降。自 20 世纪 70 年代以来，美国的收入不平等现象再度飙升，以至于今天美国比欧洲更加不平等。我们讨论了可能的解释和未来的教训。
