Decades of rising economic inequality in the U.S.: Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee

On March 27, 2019, EPI Senior Economist Elise Gould testified before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, for a hearing on “The 2017 Tax Law and Who It Left Chairman Neal, Ranking Member Brady, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on rising inequality in the United My name is Elise Gould and I am an economist at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in Washington, D.C.