Chapter
31
Income
Distribution
and
Poverty
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2002 by The McGrawHill Companies, Inc.
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Chapter
Objectives
•
How
unequal
is
income
distribution
in
the
United
States?
•
What
determines
how
income
is
distributed?
•
How
does
the
distribution
of
income
differ
from
the
distribution
of
wealth?
•
How
is
poverty
defined?
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2002 by The McGrawHill Companies, Inc.
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Chapter
Objectives
•
Who
are
the
poor?
•
What
are
the
main
government
transfer
payments
for
the
poor?
•
What
are
the
causes
of
poverty?
•
What
are
the
solutions?
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2002 by The McGrawHill Companies, Inc.
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