One Way to Look at Inequality Is to Look at the Size

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Essay

One way to look at inequality is to look at the size distribution of income. What are two other approaches to measuring inequality? When measuring income distribution according to class, how does the class distribution in most developed countries compare to most developing countries? Recently, changes in the US class distribution of income by class have taken on what shape and why is this so?

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Definitions:

Secondary Circular Reactions

Repetitive actions oriented around external objects, typically observed in infants from 4 to 8 months as part of Piaget's sensorimotor stage.

Sensorimotor Thought

describes the stage in early childhood cognitive development where thinking is based primarily on physical actions and sensory experiences.

Tertiary Circular Reactions

Advanced exploratory behaviors observed in infants around 12 to 18 months, involving experimentation to explore the properties of objects and the outcomes of actions.

First Habits

The initial routines or behaviors that an individual forms, often early in life, which can set the foundation for later habits.