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#Inequality

Events indexed under #Inequality — 11 entries in the record.

11 events From Jan 1, 1979 To Sep 15, 2025 Open in filter view →
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1979 · 1 event1981 · 1 event1985 · 1 event1986 · 1 event1996 · 2 events2000 · 1 event2005 · 1 event2019 · 1 event2020 · 1 event2025 · 1 event19792025
DateEventLanesStatus
2025-09-15Federal Reserve Study Confirms Americans Bear 94% of Tariff Costs, Low-Income Households Hit Hardest as Food and Consumer Prices Surge
Federal Reserve Bank of New York · Harvard Business School Pricing Lab · Yale Budget Lab
confirmed
2020-01-01CEO Pay Ratio Reaches 351-to-1 Versus Average Worker, Up from 21-to-1 in 1965
CEOs · Corporate boards · Workers
confirmed
2019-06-25U.S. Student Debt Surpasses $1.6 Trillion - 107% Increase in a Decade
Federal Reserve
confirmed
2005-04-20Two Decades of Bankruptcy Weaponization: Students Crushed While Corporations Shield Billions (2005-2024)
Corinthian Colleges · ITT Tech · University of Phoenix · Purdue Pharma · +3
confirmed
2000-01-01Top 10% of Firms Capture 90% of Profit Growth Between 1980-2000, Documenting Monopolization
Dominant firms · Smaller competitors
confirmed
1996-08-22Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act Ends Welfare Entitlement
Bill Clinton · Newt Gingrich · Republican Congress
confirmed
1996-08-22Welfare Reform Imposes Five-Year Lifetime Limit on Cash Assistance
Bill Clinton · Republican Congress · Poor Families
confirmed
1986-10-22Tax Reform Act of 1986 - Corporate Lobbying Secures Massive Rate Reductions
Ronald Reagan · Corporate lobbyists · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · U.S. Congress
confirmed
1985-01-01Trickle-Down Legacy: Reagan Policies Make Inequality Structural Feature
Ronald Reagan · American workers · Wealthy elite · Corporate executives
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1981-01-01Reagan Era Wage Stagnation: Real Wages Decline as Inequality Accelerates
Ronald Reagan · American workers · Labor unions · Corporate America
confirmed
1979-01-01Wage Stagnation Era Begins: Productivity-Pay Gap Opens as Union Power Collapses
American workers · Corporate management · Federal Reserve · Business Roundtable
confirmed