Chart 2. The trend toward rising inequality has slowed

Gini Index of Inequality: Household market income and after-tax, after-transfer income, 1979-2014

Notes: "Market income" includes wages, self-employment earnings, interest, dividends, rental income, and other kinds of private income; "Income after transfers and taxes" includes market income plus social insurance benefits, means-tested benefits, and subtracts federal taxes.
Source: Source: CBO, The Distribution of Household Income, 2014; and U.S. Census Bureau. Get the data