Comments on: Prosperity in America

By: Ronald Johnson

Ronald Johnson — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:56:55 +0000

Good post ! Keep me informed and up-dated on the inequalities of America’s economy, its economic classes, and what the government and both political parties intend to do about it ? Are you in favor of a ” Flat Tax ” as the G.O.P. is and some of its conservative proponents ? How about an Federal Estate Tax ( the so-called “Death Tax”) and the elimination of the ‘Bush Tax-Cuts’ ?

By: Pattama Teanravisitsagool

Pattama Teanravisitsagool — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:41:27 +0000

This is such a great website. We, in Thailand, are strugglling through the process of trying to enhance social justice while maintaining the (real) potential economic health. The question on opportunities is so key to get started with. Unfortunately, the central planning officials are quite obsessed with economic growth at the very macro level. Now, however, we are the process of the so-called “Thailand reforming”.

By: Eric Bjorklund

Eric Bjorklund — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:03:25 +0000

Great slides! What level class for this for?
Thanks

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:36:54 +0000

Thanks for following up, Lane.

By: Lane Kenworthy

Lane Kenworthy — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:30:24 +0000

Troy: No, the Tax Foundation report I used only provides data by quintile. Sorry.

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:08:34 +0000

Sorry for the off-topic post. I found your blog from a link last week by Ross Douthat’s blog from the New York Times. I really appreciated the information he linked to which looked at total effective tax rate by income quintile. I was wondering if you also had that information by income percentile — I’d be interested in looking at that data at a more granular level.

Again, great blog, I’ve added to my RSS feeds. Thanks a lot,

Troy

By: Lane Kenworthy

Lane Kenworthy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:36:13 +0000

Fred: Right — in focusing on executives, financial players, and entertainers, I’m highlighting those at the top of the top 1%.

By: Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:58 +0000

These are great. One caveat, the notion that top income percentile is made up of CEO, deal makers, and entertainers cannot be true. We are talking about 1 million plus families here. Last I looked the vast majority of the folks in this group were business owners, doctors, lawyers, and farm owners. Or, did I misunderstand, were you referring to the top .1 of the top percentile?