July 14, 2009 4:05PM 

# Thinking Clearly about Economic Inequality 

By Cato Editors 

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The public discussion of inequality in the United States, and no doubt elsewhere, is marked by a lack of clarity and care. Few commentators — even among those who are professional economists — speak clearly about what the various measures of economic inequality do and do not tell us. In [a new study](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10351), Cato scholar [Will Wilkinson](https://www.cato.org/people/will-wilkinson) challenges many common assumptions about equality and political morality that appear again and again in textbooks, media reports, and public discussions.

[Thinking Clearly about Economic Inequality, Cato Policy Analysis No. 640](http://www.scribd.com/doc/17329326/Thinking-Clearly-about-Economic-Inequality-Cato-Policy-Analysis-No-640)

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