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Gabriel Zucman on Inequality, Growth, and Distributional National Accounts

Sep 18, 2017

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I'm Moving Away From Inequality, Rihte

04:50

Is It a Better Manit?

02:18

Do You Think Bargaining Power Matters in the Labor Market?

03:00

Introduction

2min

The Micro Economic Growth Rate of the United States

3min

What's the Limit of Current Estimates of Inequality in the West?

4min

The National Income Accounts - Are You Using National Accounts Data?

2min

How to Measure Micro Economic Growth by Income Groups

4min

The Bottom 50 % Has No Gains in Economic Growth

5min

The Bottom 50 % of Income Owners

3min

The Average Growth Rate in the U.S.

4min

Is There a Change in Income in Europe?

3min

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The Family Structure Issue

5min

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Taxes and Transfers in the National Tax System

3min

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There's No Gain

2min

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Is the National Income Price Deflater the Best Price Indicator?

2min

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Is It a Better Manit?

2min

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I'm Moving Away From Inequality, Rihte

5min

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What's Going on in the United States?

4min

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Are We on the Top 50 % of the United States?

3min

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What Drives Top Incomes?

3min

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What's the Real Source of Income Gains?

4min

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Is It Possible to Maximize Shareholder Value?

2min

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Do You Think Bargaining Power Matters in the Labor Market?

3min

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Is the Education System a Good Idea?

4min

Gabriel Zucman of the University of California, Berkeley talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his research on inequality and the distribution of income in the United States over the last 35 years. Zucman finds that there has been no change in income for the bottom half of the income distribution over this time period with large gains going to the top 1%. The conversation explores the robustness of this result to various assumptions and possible explanations for the findings.