Growing unequal : Income distribution and poverty in OECD countries Growing Unequal brings together a range of analyses on the distribution of economic resources in OECD countries. The evidence on income distribution and poverty covers for the first time all 30 OECD countries in the mid 2000s while information on trends extending back to the mid 1980s is provided for around two thirds of the countries. The report also describes inequalities in a range of domains (such as household wealth consumption patterns in kind public services) that are typically excluded from conventional discussion about the distribution of economic resources among individuals and Growing Unequal brings together a range of analyses on the distribution of economic resources in OECD countries. The evidence on income distribution and poverty covers for the first time all 30 OECD countries in the mid 2000s while information on trends extending back to the mid 1980s is provided for around two thirds of the countries. The report also describes inequalities in a range of domains (such as household wealth consumption patterns in kind public services) that are typically excluded from conventional discussion about the distribution of economic resources among individuals and households. The report provides evidence of a fairly generalised increase in income inequality over the past two decades across the OECD but the timing intensity and causes of the increase differ from what is typically suggested in the media. Precisely how much inequality there is in a society is not determined randomly nor is it beyond the power of governments to change so long as they take note of the sort of up to date evidence included in this report.