Top Income Distributions for Some US Trade Partners

From the Piketty et al. site http://topincomes.g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/ we have constructed a graph of top 5% income distributions for top US trade partners.  We see a dip for Germany (orange) after World War I.  We also see a dip for everybody after World War II, and a rise since 1986.

 

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We have also constructed a top 1% graph from their database and graphics module.  Again, we see Germany’s dip (orange) after World War I, and everybody’s dip after World War II.  However, since after 1986, the US (light blue) has had a rapid increase in income of the top 1% up to 19% of total US income.  It’s too bad that China’s data stops in 2003, a decade ago, and that our trading partner Mexico is not yet included.

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About Dennis SILVERMAN

I am a retired Professor of Physics and Astronomy at U C Irvine. For two decades I have been active in learning about energy and the environment, and in reporting on those topics for a decade. For the last four years I have added science policy. Lately, I have been reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic of our times.
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