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Income inequality
How much will Microsoft pay its next CEO?
Aug 28, 2013
As Microsoft starts the search for a new CEO, yet another report highlights the growing gap between CEO pay and that of the average worker.
Two recoveries from the tornado: Finding a job
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Krissy Clark
Jul 25, 2013
Coming from different financial situations can affect everything about picking up the pieces after a natural disaster -- even getting, and holding on to a job.
Are CEOs worth 380 times what the average worker makes?
Mar 8, 2013
A new viral video called "Wealth Inequality in America" has put a spotlight on CEO pay.
A surprise viral hit: Income inequality, the movie
Mar 8, 2013
You may have been forwarded an unusual YouTube video this week, based on an economic analysis of income inequality. But where did it come from?
How does the U.S. stack up on income inequality?
Dec 25, 2012
When it comes to income inequality is the United States more like Iran or France?
The haves and the have-nots? Not in Country Knolls
Sep 24, 2012
The through line in this election campaign and in the economy for the past year or so has been a debate about income inequality. According to the Census Bureau, the community of Country Knolls, in upstate New York, is the most income equal in the country.
A new way to measure income inequality
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Jeff Horwich
Sep 20, 2012
Environmental writer Tim De Chant says gauging income inequality is as simple as looking at a neighborhood's trees.
For public good, not for profit.
Census report: More states have rising income inequality
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John Ketchum
Sep 20, 2012
A new report from the U.S Census Bureau shows that since 2010, the gap between rich and poor is widening in more states.
Trying to measure income inequality? Follow the trees
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John Ketchum
Sep 20, 2012
You can measure an area's income inequality in pay stubs, Census numbers and... its tree cover? Environmental writer Tim De Chant argues that sometimes you can't see a neighborhood's wealth for the trees.
Income segregation rising in rapidly changing cities
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John Ketchum
Aug 1, 2012
Immigration and the migration of retirees are key factors in the growing trend of urban economic segregation.