<story><title>A Guide to Statistics on Historical Trends in Income Inequality</title><url>https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/a-guide-to-statistics-on-historical-trends-in-income-inequality</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>digitalmaster</author><text>So looks like the 80s is when things start going south (increased income inequality) so I looked up who was president during that time, then looked at their wiki page to see their economic policy and found this gem of a quote:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Soon after taking office, Reagan began implementing sweeping new political and economic initiatives. His supply-side economic policies, dubbed &amp;quot;Reaganomics&amp;quot;, advocated tax rate reduction to spur economic growth, economic deregulation, and reduction in government spending.&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>A Guide to Statistics on Historical Trends in Income Inequality</title><url>https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/a-guide-to-statistics-on-historical-trends-in-income-inequality</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>WhompingWindows</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s the best solution to this - if wealthy and high-income individuals get more power via political lobbying, they can then gain more wealth and higher incomes, gaining even more lobbying power. They can also flood the media with advertising money and propagandist messaging to convince voters to care more about less impactful issues. It feels like an endless cycle to me.&lt;p&gt;Other than war or complete societal upheaval, what can actually be done to solve the problem?</text></comment>