Slow wage growth is the key to understanding U.S. inequality in the 21st century

Slow wage growth is the key to understanding U.S. inequality in the 21st century

Introduction The Washington Center for Equitable Growth today launched the U.S. Inequality Tracker, which tracks income and wealth inequality in the United States and highlights how particular components of income and wealth shape those trends. The tracker updates automatically—quarterly for wealth and annually for income—and follows income inequality from 2000 through the end of 2023 and wealth inequality from 2000 through the fourth quarter of…