Inequality as measured by Gini coefficients has been rising. One contribution to this is that the wealthy receive a disproportionate amount of income from capital, as opposed to labor. The above diagrams show how labor income inequality has indeed risen over the past five decades in both the US and the UK, however, capital income has essentially always been very concentrated. Branko Milanovic offers a few solutions to this, Deconcentrating capital ownership can be done in at least three ways:
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