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  1. How do Europe's highest earners compare to the wealthy worldwide?

    The income gap between the lowest and highest earners remains stark in Europe, despite policy measures to tackle such inequality.

    According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, 81% of Europeans believe that income gaps are too wide and 78% believe that governments should take more action to reduce them.

    mediafaro.org/article/20251222

    #Income #Salaries #Rich #IncomeDistribution #Wealth #WealthDistribution #Inequality #IncomeGapEurope

  2. Equivalised net income across Europe: Where do households earn the most?

    Over the past few years, households in Europe have weathered a major cost of living crisis, exacerbated by…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Economy #averagesalary #Business #income #incomedistribution #wagegap
    newsbeep.com/us/281489/

  3. A #carbontax on emission-intensive agricultural goods – #meat, #dairy – can reduce agricultural emissions in Germany by over 20% & generate #revenues over 8 billion EUR/year. Used for a compensation scheme, a carbon #tax can have a progressive #incomedistribution effect & increase social acceptance. Carbon #taxes on agricultural goods can help achieve the sectoral #emissions reductions targeted by the government: doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2024 #climatechange #meattax #taxation #Germany