Kuznets curve
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after economist Simon Kuznets (1901–1985).
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Noun[edit]
Kuznets curve (plural Kuznets curves)
- (economics) A theoretical curve that graphs the hypothesis that as an economy develops, market forces first increase and then decrease economic inequality.
- 2012 April 30, Kentaro Toyama, “The Rise and Fall and Rise (Literally) of the Most Important Curve in Economics”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- On the surface, the Kuznets curve seems to justify laissez-faire economics and trickle-down policies.
- 2014 July 29, George Monbiot, “The rich want us to believe their wealth is good for us all”, in The Guardian[2]:
- Their creed is based on the Kuznets curve, the graph that appears to show that inequality automatically declines as capitalism advances, spreading wealth from the elite to the rest.