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1、RestoringtheTraditionofRigorandRelevancetoPoliticalScienceAmericansocietyhaswitnessedanextraor-legedthantoaveragecitizensandtheleastaf-dinarywideningofeconomicinequalityinfluent.CitizenswithlowerormoderatetheperiodsinceWorldWarIIthatisunmatchedincomess
2、peakwithawhisperthatislostonamongadvancedindustrializedcountries.Intheearsofinattentivegovernmentofficials,2003,themostaffluentfifthreceived47.6%ofwhiletheadvantagedroarwithaclarityandfamilyincome,themiddleclass~thethirdandconsistencythatpolicymakersre
3、adilyhearandfourthfifths!earned15.5%and23.3%,respec-routinelyfollow.Thescourgeofovertdiscrimi-tively,whilethebottomtwoquintileseachre-nationagainstAfricanAmericansandwomenceivedlessthan10%.~Twenty-onepercentofhasbeenreplacedbyamoresubtlebutpotentfamily
4、incomewenttothetop5%.!Inotherthreat—thegrowingconcentrationofthewords,therichest20%obtainednearlyhalfofcountry’swealth,income,andpoliticalinflu-thecountry’sincome.Thatincome~andwealth!enceinthehandsofthefew.1isunevenlydistributedisneithernewnornec-Here
5、wediscusstheprocessthatguidedtheessarilydisturbing.WhatisremarkableistheoperationoftheTaskForceandthelongstand-largeandunmistakableincreaseintheconcen-ingtraditionofpoliticalscienceresearchthattrationofincomeatthetop~Mishel,Bernstein,theTaskForcecontin
6、ues.AlthoughtheTaskandAllegretto2005!.ForcehasidentifiedveryimportantthemesinTheconcentrationofincomeandwealthintheexistingresearch,wearehumbledbythethehandsofarelativelysmallsegmentofthegreatnumberofcriticalquestionsthatremain.countryoverthepastthreed
7、ecadesisanindis-Weconcludebydiscussingsomeofthese.putablefactwidelydocumentedbyahostofauthoritativesourcesincludingtheInternalRev-OrderlyProcessforReviewingenueService,theU.S.CensusBureau,theCon-ResearchgressionalBudgetOffice,andtheLuxembourgIncomeStud
8、y.ThedebateisnotoverwhetherTheAPSACouncilandtheTaskForcetookthisdegreeofincomedisparityexists,butoveranumberofstepstoensureanorderlyandre-thesourcesandsignificanceofwideningeco-sponsibleprocess.Fromtheoutset,themem-nomicinequality.Large