economic disparity
Rich-poor divide exists
Economic disparity is the gap between rich and poor—the unequal distribution of income, wealth, or resources within or between populations.
The term appears in discussions of social policy, where reducing economic disparity is often a stated goal: Economic disparity in the region has widened over the past decade.
Related terms include income inequality and wealth gap.
- wage gapDisparity in earnings
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- povertySevere lack of resources
- working poorEmployed but below comfort
- living wageIncome covering necessities
food stamps · urban-rural divide · unemployment · digital divide · wealth gap · gender pay gap · glass ceiling · marginalization · social exclusion · homelessness · trickle-down · social stratification · class struggle · systemic · discrimination · gentrification · have-nots · segregation
- inequalitywealth gap, income gap, wage gap, pay gap, wealth concentration
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
- economic inequalityincome inequality, wealth gap, income gap, pay gap, wage gap
- Gilded AgeGilded Age, robber baron, robber barons, Carnegie, Rockefeller
- social critiquesocial injustice, inequality, expose, muckraking, polemic
- social themessocial issues, social justice, social change, social commentary, social realism
economic disparityeconomic equality
Balanced distribution of resources
income equality · egalitarianism · classlessness · economic balance · wealth redistribution
economic disparitysocial equality
Equal standing among people
economic justice · classless society · equity · fairness · equal opportunity