Great Gatsby curve

English

Etymology

Coined by American economist Judd Cramer and introduced by Alan Krueger in a 2012 speech, in allusion to F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.

Noun

Great Gatsby curve (plural Great Gatsby curves)

1. (economics) A chart plotting the relationship between inequality and intergenerational social immobility in several countries around the world.

See also

• Lorenz curve