Chapter 15: Q.23 (page 378)
What is measured on the two axes of a Lorenz
curve?
Cumulative percentage of population and cumulative portion of income.
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Suppose there are two possible income distributions in a society of ten people. In the first distribution, nine people would have incomes of \(30,000 and one person would have an income of \)10,000. In the second distribution, all ten people would have incomes of $25,000.
a. If the society had the first income distribution, what would be the utilitarian argument for redistributing income?
b. Which income distribution would Rawls consider more equitable? Explain.
c. Which income distribution would Nozick consider more equitable? Explain.
Many critics of government programs to help low-
income individuals argue that these programs create a poverty trap. Explain how programs such as TANF, EITC, SNAP, and Medicaid will affect low-income and whether or not you think these programs will benefit families and children.
How has the inequality of income changed in the
U.S. economy since the late 1970s?
What goods and services would you include in an
estimate of the basic necessities for a family of four?
If a country had perfect income equality what
would the Lorenz curve look like?
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