This brief looks at the evolution of #inequality going back to 1976. Drawing on #StatisticsCanada 'Canadian #Income #Survey - it reviews changes in the distribution of income by decile (groupings of ten percent of households ranked by income from lowest to highest income), and asks a hypothetical question: what would today’s incomes look like if they followed the same distribution pattern as in the late 1970s?

https://www.policynote.ca/that-70s-show

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