Is it true that as the economy grows, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer? What is the evidence? Inequality within countries vs. inequality between countries I. Within countries: - Has inequality increased or decreased during the last quarter of the 20th century? - there is some evidence of rising inequality in some industrialized countries, for example, in the U.S. and U.K. (Atkinson, 1999). - The Kuznet's upside down U-curve appeared to be trending upward, a "U-turn." - Graphs - Atkinson 1 and Atkinson 2