The best way to measure inequality

James K. Galbraith argues that payroll data represent a more widely available and consistent measure of inequality than survey-based or tax-based measures.

Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have insisted that tax records are better for measuring inequality than income surveys. James K. Galbraith believes they are wrong, and breaks down his new paper casting doubt on some of their methods.

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Topics:  Poverty and income inequality

Tags:  income inequality, Income tax

James Galbraith

LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

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