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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A recent NY Times article included a graph showing the amount of taxes paid to the federal government based on income groups. While I like the graph it does not explain what the income thresholds are for each income group. However, I was able to pull out of the original journal article that the average income for the highest earning 0.01% was $18,113,612.
See also: What does Top 1%, Top 0.1%, Top 0.01% mean?
2005 US Income Distribution part 3
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In my earlier post on Sources of Income of the super rich I plotted the percentage of income that comes from wages, entrepreneurial income, dividend income, interest income, rental income, and capital gains for the Top 0.01 percent. Here I am posting the same data but this time all income sources are on the same graph.
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A few items that caught my attention: the decline (starting in the 1930s) of the importance of Dividend income which was replaced in part by “Entrepreneurial” income then Capitals Gains and finally in the 60s by Wages. Also in the 70s and 80s Interest income becomes more important no doubt due to the high interest rates during those decades.
The income data can be found on Emmanuel Saez’s web site.
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In my earlier post on Sources of Income of the super rich I plotted the percentage of income that comes from wages, entrepreneurial income, dividend income, interest income, and rental income for the Top 0.01 percent; but this did not include capital gains. In 2005 capital gains was 18% of the income of the super rich (if you exclude capital gains when determining the Top 0.01 percent).
In the graphs below, I have plotted the all 6 income sources for Top 0.01% (this time including capital gains as one of the income sources).
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The income data can be found on Emmanuel Saez’s web site.
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In my earlier post I plotted the percentage of income that comes from capital gains for the Top 0.01 percent. (In 2005 it was 18% if you exclude capital gains when determining the Top 0.01 percent and 51% if you include capital gains when determining the Top 0.01 percent).
In the graphs below, I have plotted the other income sources for Top 0.01% (excluding capital gains when you rank the families). The question I am trying to answer: since most of the income was not from capital gains in the original graph, what are the sources of the unaccounted for income?
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The income data can be found on Emmanuel Saez’s web site.
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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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