Lorenz curve: A graph showing the cumulative percentage of total income earned by cumulative percentages of the population.
How to apply it: Interpret the Lorenz curve: the farther it bows from the line of perfect equality, the more unequal the income distribution.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Market Failure and the Role of Government
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