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Sociology 441: Stratification 
graph foreign trade, 1950-2005

Other possible causes of inequality:
De-industrialization
Immigration
Minimum wage laws
Productivity
Unemployment
Unionization

Income inequality trends:
Overall inequality
Share of bottom quintile
Share of middle quintile
Share of top quintile


 

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/Index.asp
 


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