Data on Distribution of Wealth in the United States: Hearings Before the Task Force on Distributive Impacts of Budget and Economic Policies of the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, September 26 and 29, 1977 |
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... kind of assets that are held , how they are held , and , most importantly , the process by which they are acquired . If we ask what types of assets are held by this top wealth group , this top 1 percent of the population , they own ...
... kind of assets that are held , how they are held , and , most importantly , the process by which they are acquired . If we ask what types of assets are held by this top wealth group , this top 1 percent of the population , they own ...
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... kind of work outside of Government . The 1961 work that was cited , that Dorothy Projector headed up , is a shining example of measurement , but it stands alone . Since 1962 , we from measuring anything that you could call important ...
... kind of work outside of Government . The 1961 work that was cited , that Dorothy Projector headed up , is a shining example of measurement , but it stands alone . Since 1962 , we from measuring anything that you could call important ...
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... kind of conceivable argument how detri- mental it would be to people if that information was available . The in- formation was finally made available to me with the support of a num- ber of Members of Congress and some members of the ...
... kind of conceivable argument how detri- mental it would be to people if that information was available . The in- formation was finally made available to me with the support of a num- ber of Members of Congress and some members of the ...
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... kind of thing that was being discussed when we talked about the concentration of wealth , whether it had changed over time . The second one , I think , is probably less so , and that is the thing we talk about when we say why do we have ...
... kind of thing that was being discussed when we talked about the concentration of wealth , whether it had changed over time . The second one , I think , is probably less so , and that is the thing we talk about when we say why do we have ...
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... kind of issue have come to , and I could elaborate just a bit on the notion that you start out with a bit of wealth and then are in a better position to capture the tide . If you have not enough money to make a downpayment for a house ...
... kind of issue have come to , and I could elaborate just a bit on the notion that you start out with a bit of wealth and then are in a better position to capture the tide . If you have not enough money to make a downpayment for a house ...
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accumulated administrative agencies aggregate analysis benefits Budget Bureau of Economic capital formation Census Census Bureau Committee concerning confidentiality CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Consumer Expenditure Survey consumer expenditures consumption data collection disclosure distribution of wealth DUNCAN equity estate tax returns estimates Expenditure Survey Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve System Federal statistical files financial assets FOIA FRASER growth Health Statistics housing identifiable data impact important income distribution income tax increase individual inflation informed consent Internal Revenue Service investment Jack Carlson liabilities LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MCCLUNG measurement ment microdata MORGAN National output pension rights personal income population problems PROJECTOR protection purposes questions recent records research data respondents retirement sample sector Simon Kuznets Smith social security sources statistical and research statistical or research sumer tangible assets tion transfer wealth data wealth distribution wealth holders
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