Talk:Economic inequality

Not even one mention of trickle down economics?

 * How is it even possible to talk about inequality and not once explain the effects of trickle-down economics or that it doesn't work, according to extensive research and is proven to worsen economic equality? The article doesn't seem to mention the term anywhere or at least it's not easy to find it when reading the article.49.179.8.17 (talk) 17:41, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Globalization
The section trying to link trade liberalization to inequality is cited to a source that says nothing of the sort. The IMF source concludes:

"There is a common belief that globalization harms the interests of workers, especially unskilled workers, either directly through immigration or indirectly through trade and capital mobility. Particularly with respect to import competition, these beliefs appear to be at odds with the empirical evidence that globalization has only a modest effect on wages, employment, and income inequality in the advanced economies."

There is broad consensus among economists that liberalized trade improves living standards and productive efficiency, and these benefits greatly outweigh any effects on employment.

It appears that someone with a political agenda has been editing this section of the article. I'd chalk it up to near-total ignorance but the misquoting of the IMF source implies something more deceptive. Jonathan f1 (talk) 01:38, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Lede seems very wordy
Lede seems very wordy and pedantic. Should the definition of economic inequality be summarized?

I was thinking about paraphrasing to the following:

Economic inequality is the gap between the rich and poor, usually measuring the differences in income, wealth or consumption.

And then adding the rest of the lede:

Each of these can be measured between two or more nations, within a single nation, or between and within sub-populations (such as within a low-income group, within a high-income group and between them, within an age group and between inter-generational groups, within a gender group and between them etc, either from one or from multiple nations).[2], yada, yada, yada.

2601:C2:0:73B9:E9D3:3BC8:3C31:1C26 (talk) 23:45, 29 November 2023 (UTC)