A client has asked you to prepare a report documenting changes in inequality in the United States since the 1970s. For this report, you must come up with a question related to inequality and present data covering multiple variables that help answer your question. Some ideas for questions you could ask:
1. How has inequality changed across [gender/ethnicities/regions/education levels]? (choose one)
2. How well have government policies designed to deal with inequality worked to reduce it?
3. How have trends in US inequality (or policies dealing with inequality) compared to other countries?
These are just a small sample of potential questions. Feel free to come up with your own based on what interests you. As long as it is broadly related to economic inequality it is fine for this report. Assume that the client is familiar with basic economic concepts but is not an economist. This means part of your description should be focused on defining the variables you chose and discussing precisely what they measure. When possible, discuss the relevant tradeoffs between different measures (i.e. are there any shortcomings of the measures?) and why you chose the ones that you did. Do your best to convey why the data you are showing is important.
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