Authors:

  • Jeffrey Williamson

Excerpt

Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality since 1700. Jeffrey Williamson, April 2016, Book. "Adopting a new approach to historical data, Peter H Lindert and Jeffrey G Williamson have charted the history of American incomes - and income inequality - since colonial times. Here the authors of Unequal Gains explain their method, and share a rich harvest of findings that cast new light on three-and-a-half centuries of economic history." Link