A recent report titled A Generation of Widening Inequality provides data via slides about the growing gap between the rich and poor in California covering the years from 1947 – 1973 and 1973-2009.
The report is organized into the following sections.
- Incomes, page 3
- Wealth, page 43
- Earnings From Work, page 47
- Mobility Up the Income Ladder, page 58
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Jennie Quinonez-Skinner, MLIS
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Chicana/o Studies and
Central American Studies
California State University, Northridge
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