wealth gap
Rich-poor divide
The wealth gap is the disparity in assets between different groups—typically between rich and poor, or between racial or demographic categories.
Unlike income gap, which measures earnings, wealth gap captures accumulated assets: property, investments, savings.
The racial wealth gap in America reflects centuries of unequal access to homeownership and capital.
Discussions of the wealth gap often focus on how disparities compound across generations.
- income inequalityDisparity in earnings distribution
- povertySevere lack of resources
- income disparityUnequal earnings distribution
- working poorEmployed but below comfort
- class divideGap between economic strata
have-nots · wage disparity · social stratification · educational inequality · trickle-down · plutocracy · tax loopholes · progressive taxation · health disparities · paycheck · marginalization · systemic racism · slum · rags to riches · class · struggle · silver spoon · old money
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
- economyGDP, money, inflation, inflation rate, GNP
- inequalitydisparity, income disparity, economic disparity, income inequality, class divide
- Money Themespoverty, greed, gold, riches, fortune
- social historyeveryday life, social class, social movements, working class, middle class
- African economicsGDP, GDP growth, foreign investment, trade deficit, trade deficits
wealth gapeconomic equality
Balanced distribution of resources
income equality · universal basic income · egalitarianism · classless society · economic justice
wealth gapsocial equality
Equal standing among people
classlessness · social cohesion · social harmony · egalitarian society · economic integration
wealth gapclassless society
System without social strata
egalitarianism · social equality · social mobility · meritocracy · level playing field