Two Recoveries A look at U.S. income inequality
- Soup cans
& stock options
STORY | GRAPHIC - Disparity
on factory floor
STORY | GRAPHIC - Harvest
of inequality
STORY | GRAPHIC - Memphis
blues
STORY | GRAPHIC - Generation Y
dreams fade
STORY - Fast food,
meager pay
STORY
Since the Great Recession ended in June 2009, one measure of income inequality has reached its widest point in more than 40 years. The Gini index, which measures how income is distributed, was 0.47 in 2011 – a 1.6 percent increase from 2010 and the first statistically significant annual increase since 1993. A score of 0 would indicate perfectly equal distribution, while a score of 1 would reflect a population in which one individual received all the income.
