The Upside Of Income Inequality Analysis

There are always two sides to every argument. While reading “The Upside of Income Inequality” by Gary Becker and Kevin M. Murphy, and “Inequality Has Been Going On Forever… but That Doesn't Mean It's Inevitable” by David Leonhardt, I found many similarities and differences. Although Becker / Murphy and Leonhardt have written articles that are alike in their subject matter, each man responds differently to their views of income inequality. There are multiple examples as to how Leonhardt does this and the first example is found in the evidence he provided in his article.
Leonhardt begins by sharing his thoughts about a book by Thomas Piketty called “Capital in the Twenty-First Century.” Leonhardt tells us that this book is “...one of the most ambitious (and best reviewed) books on the subject…” (Leonhardt). Leonhardt also tells the reader that Piketty’s occupation is a professor of Economics. When Leonhardt tells us this, it makes the reader believe what he is reading even more. Giving us this information makes it look like his evidence is sufficient and trustworthy because it gives the reader a reason to believe what Leonhardt is saying. Becker/Murphy’s article is a little different. …show more content…
In the first and third paragraph of this article, Becker and Murphy use numerous numbers and percentages that distract you from the reading, ultimately making it not affect people as well as Leonhardt's article. This article also uses multiple graphs that are very confusing and hard to read. Now maybe for the intended reader this article may have been more interesting, but that does not hide the fact that they use a lot of percentages and graphs that are not easily understandable. Leonhardt expresses his facts in a different way in his article. He does not use as many numbers or graphs as the other article and it is much easier to pay attention to. This article also pulls you into reading it better than the