. Income in the United States, its amount and distribution, 1909-1919. o o o o o_o_o_o_^o_^ gj o o_^o o o o o o o_o_o_^ t» Ncoinolnoodddd o cf comoin :copyright??copyright:do rHMmoinooo_, i-i cam om ooo_, 5 S r-l rH CO in O^^-g rHrHCOinO,-* p _« **?? T* *?? ^ cc O d doddddodddo dddddddddddo M oooooooooooo oooooooooooo p « oooooooo_^oo^oo_ oo_ooo oo o_o_o_o_o ,, O i-Tcico in o in*ooddod rH(Mcoinoindo*oodd W o r-i(Miooinooo rHNinoinooo ?ij 9 a&< e ft-d o-< « «?? t^ ?«s ^00 SfE^c*, fh;;? ^4«-< WrH ^ oP ^Q ^^^ O^ rt iz;*: 25^ p^ PQM « DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL INCOME 141 To most minds, Cha
. Income in the United States, its amount and distribution, 1909-1919. o o o o o_o_o_o_^o_^ gj o o_^o o o o o o o_o_o_^ t» Ncoinolnoodddd o cf comoin :copyright??copyright:do rHMmoinooo_, i-i cam om ooo_, 5 S r-l rH CO in O^^-g rHrHCOinO,-* p _« **?? T* *?? ^ cc O d doddddodddo dddddddddddo M oooooooooooo oooooooooooo p « oooooooo_^oo^oo_ oo_ooo oo o_o_o_o_o ,, O i-Tcico in o in*ooddod rH(Mcoinoindo*oodd W o r-i(Miooinooo rHNinoinooo ?ij 9 a&< e ft-d o-< « «?? t^ ?«s ^00 SfE^c*, fh;;? ^4«-< WrH ^ oP ^Q ^^^ O^ rt iz;*: 25^ p^ PQM « DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL INCOME 141 To most minds, Charts 29 and 30 will probablygive the clearest impression of the complex esti-mate set forth in our tables. But it is well to sup-plement these charts with a Lorenz curve repre-senting the same set of figures. This device, used Chart 31. LOEENZ CURVE SHOWING THE DISTEIBUTION OFINCOMES IN 1918. Based upon the data presented in Table 26,. 30 ^TCRCmTAOE or PERjSONS BECimUfG WITH THE POOftZiT. in Chart 31, shows graphically the deviation of theactual distribution of incomes from a perfectlyeven distribution. By looking at the two scales ofthis chart, the reader will see that if 10 per cent,of the income receivers got just 10 per cent, of the 142 INCOME IN THE UNITED STATES total income, if 20 per cent, of them got just 20 percent, of the total income, and so on, then the actualdistribution would be represented by the straightdiagonal line of the chart. From the line of 1918income and the two scales, it is easy to see ap-proximately what per cent, of the total incomewas obtained by any given percentage of the in-come receivers. For example, on the horizontalline, take the point marked 70 per cent.; followthe perpendicular line through this point to whereit intersects the curve marked Line of 1918 In-come; from this point of intersection, draw animaginary horizontal line to the left until it inter-sects the left-hand perpe
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