What Economics Does: A Visual Guide
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Chapter 3 What Economics Do
Figure 3.3 The Role of Financial Capital in Commercial Production
Figure 3.4 Public Construction Spending as a Percentage of GDP, 1993-2016 Figure source: U.S. Census Bureau. Sources: The Economist, 2017; Thomas and Schoen, 2017.
Table 3.1 Distribution of U.S. Household Income in 2015 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Income Tables: Income Inequality, Table A-2.
Figure 3.5 Lorenz Curve for U.S. Household Income, 2015 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Income Tables: Income Inequality, Table A-2.
Figure 3.6 Lorenz Curve for Sweden, South Africa, India, and the United States Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Year of data varies from 2011 to 2013.
Figure 3.8 Gini Coefficient in the United States, 1968-2015 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Income Tables: Income Inequality, Table A-2.
Figure 3.9 Growth in Income by Income Percentile Source: Leonhardt, 2017 based on data by Piketty, Saez and Zucman.
Figure 3.10 Wealth Distribution in the U.S. Source: Saez and Zucman, 2016.