wealth distribution
Who gets what
Wealth distribution describes how money and assets are spread across a population.
Economists measure it to show inequality—who holds what share of a society's total wealth.
The wealth distribution in that country has grown increasingly unequal.
Discussions of wealth distribution often lead to debates about taxation, inheritance, and economic policy.
- povertySevere lack of resources
- socialismCommunal economic control
- social mobilityMovement between societal strata
- economic ladderWealth-based class hierarchy
- level playing fieldEqual competitive conditions
fiscal policy · social safety net · have-nots · inheritance tax · trickle down · fairness · progressive taxation · tax the rich · affluence · redistribution · universal basic income · exploitation · land reform · billionaire · justice · middle-class · class · gap
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Economic Fairnessequal pay, fair wages, fair pay, pay equity, wage gap
- economic inequalityincome inequality, income gap, pay gap, wage gap, economic disparity
- historical datademographic data, birth rates, death tolls, mortality rates, census records
- capitalism critiqueanti-capitalism, income inequality, income gap, class divide, wage theft
wealth distributionwealth concentration
Assets amassing among few
wealth inequality · wealth accumulation · wealth hoarding · economic inequality · income inequality
wealth distributionwealth accumulation
Process of gathering assets
wealth hoarding · greed · avarice · monopolization · rent-seeking
wealth distributioncapitalism
Private profit-based economy
laissez-faire economics · privatization · trickle-down economics · rugged individualism · self-interest
wealth, wealthy, distribute, distribution, distributed, distributor, distributions, wealthier, wealthiest