According to the Congressional Budget Office, the share of total income received by the top 20 percent of the population rose from 46 percent to 55 percent between 1979 and 2019, based on a measure including labor, business, capital income, and government social insurance benefits.

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  How do taxes affect income inequality? - Tax Policy Center

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• capital income concept
• Congressional Budget Office entity
• economic inequality concept