Income inequality

Mark Perry argues that individual income inequality in America has been flat for fifty years; what's changed is household inequality, largely driven by the upsurge in single-parent families.

What if income-redistribution problems only increase the prevalence of single-parent families?

2 comments:

E Hines said...

What if income-redistribution problems only increase the prevalence of single-parent families?

There's even some empirical evidence. See ADC/AFDC, the switch to TANF, the reasons for the switch, and the outcome.

Eric Hines

Eric Blair said...

This was obvious to people in 1970. But apparently no one wanted to do anything about it.