Income inequality: Why so many households are not advancing

<table width="633" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="403" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#4c4949"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Incomes from wages and capital were flat or fell for two-thirds of households in 25 advanced economies between 2005 and 2014—an explosive increase from less than 2 percent in the previous decade.</span></font><br/> <a href="https://podcasts.mckinsey.com:443/l?r=unknown&s=_unknown&i=6c633a3130303030316333736d386575756b64386a6b&he=687474702533412532462532467777772e6d636b696e7365792e636f6d253246617373657473253246646f74636f6d2532467468652d6d636b696e7365792d706f64636173742532464d502d496e636f6d652d696e657175616c6974792d5768792d736f2d6d616e792d686f757365686f6c64732d6172652d6e6f742d616476616e63696e672e6d7033"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#006699">Read more &#62;</font></a><br/> <a href="https://podcasts.mckinsey.com:443/l?r=unknown&s=_unknown&i=6c633a3130303030316333736d386575756b64386a6b&he=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"> <img src="//podcasts.mckinsey.com/x/img/podcast.gif" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://podcasts.mckinsey.com:443/l?r=unknown&s=_unknown&i=6c633a3130303030316333736d386575756b64386a6b&he=253246253246706f6463617374732e6d636b696e7365792e636f6d253246706f646361737425334670632533446d61696e2532367075253344687474702532353341253235324625323532467777772e6d636b6