Making the “Invisible Hand” Visible
I have updated my most popular graph Average Income in the United States. It now includes data through 2006 (in 2006$). I also added recessions from National Bureau of Economic Research
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Data from Emmanuel Saez’s web site
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This graph shows the different types of income of the “Top 400″ from 1992-2005. Number one source of income is Capital Gains, which accounts for more than 50% of their income in 2005.
The “Top 400″ are the 400 tax returns with the highest adjusted gross income reported to the IRS.
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Data from the IRS via Wall Street Journal’s Tax Report
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This graph shows the average income reported to the IRS and the average taxes paid by the top 400, i.e. the 400 taxes returns with the highest adjusted gross income from 1992-2005. This does not represent not gains in the wealth of people like Bill Gates but instead shows the annual income of the superrich reported to the IRS. They accounted for 1.15% of total income reported in 2005, more than twice as large as their 0.49% share in 1995.
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Data from the IRS via Wall Street Journal’s Tax Report
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Looking at the Industry Sectors of the US economy can help illuminate why, over the last 30 years, someone working in a growing industry (like Finance) may have done better than someone working in a shrinking industry (like Manufacture). Note: the data measures value-added; for example the services provided by a doctor is counted under Heath Care but the production of medical equipment would be found in Manufacture.
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The Industry Sectors data can be found at Economic Report of the President 2007 Report Spreadsheets Table B-12.
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The New York Times had an interactive graph that calculated income for different demographic groups. I have plotted people who dropped out of high school (bottom) with people who graduated college (top). It is important to note that the data is adjusted for inflation. What interested me is that not only has the advantages for getting a college degree increased but that the range of income for people with college degrees has increased.
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InflationData.com has a lot of information about inflation as well as historical data for the US, including estimates for Confederate Inflation Rates (1861 - 1865)
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Economagic.com: Economic Time Series Page
List of government web sites. This site also has charts and excel files which you can browse with a subscription.
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Infoplease.com has a selection of data tables and articles on Poverty and Income in the United States. For example: Distribution of Household Income by Race
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Measuring Worth
US/UK econ & population series from 1700s. UK Gold, Earnings and Retail prices back to 1260s.
This site lets you graph data and calculate Annualized Growth Rates for various time periods
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Richest 2% Own Half World Wealth; Bottom 50% Own 1% - UN Report
Summary of an UN report with graphs. Includes number of millionaires and billionaires.
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