The Economic Divide Widens

Cartoon by Peter Nicholson (email, bio)
www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au

This month, the United Nation's Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released a new report, Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries found that

Income inequality increased significantly in the early 2000s in Canada, Germany, Norway and the United States. But incomes in Greece, Mexico and the United Kingdom became more equal.

The AP summary is here.