It's called a Kuznets curve (in honor of the economist Simon Kuznets, who detected this pattern in trends of income inequality). From Wordnik.com. [Reason Magazine - Hit & Run] Reference
The U shaped curve is called the Kuznets curve. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Wealth and the Environment] Reference
Simon Kuznets in his studies of professional income. From Wordnik.com. [Milton Friedman - Autobiography] Reference
Kuznets 'estimates, which are of substantial magnitude. From Wordnik.com. [The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money] Reference
Like Kuznets said, there's a distinction between quantity and quality. From Wordnik.com. [Craig and Marc Kielburger: A Better Measure] Reference
Simon Kuznets 'speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1971. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Kuznets - Banquet Speech] Reference
The hypothesis also made possible a rational explanation of the Keynes-Kuznets paradox. From Wordnik.com. [The Prize in Economics 1985 - Presentation Speech] Reference
The rise and fall of the environmental Kuznets curve, World Development 32 (8): 1419-1439. From Wordnik.com. [Environmental kuznets curve] Reference
Permit me to mention a few of the many concrete and important observations made by Kuznets. From Wordnik.com. [The Prize in Economics 1971 - Presentation Speech] Reference
Only Wassily Leontief and Simon Kuznets were altogether untouched by the Chicago tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Economic Principals] Reference
Stone joins Simon Kuznets and Wassily Leontief in one skein of prizewinners, the empiricists. From Wordnik.com. [Economic Principals] Reference
You cannot grasp the emptiness of Tierney's "global decarbonization trend" from looking at a Kuznets curve. From Wordnik.com. [Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle: New York Times' Tierney Wrong on "Saving the Planet"] Reference
Simon Kuznets was awarded for his lifetime contributions to the empirical analyses of economic development. From Wordnik.com. [The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2006] Reference
The only Americans to win the prize who had no connection to Cowles were Simon Kuznets and Wassily Leontieff. From Wordnik.com. [Economic Principals] Reference
Simon Kuznets constructed his measures of the national income accounts there, and earned a Nobel Prize in the process. From Wordnik.com. [Economic Principals] Reference
Simon Kuznets, who supervised my doctoral dissertation, was by far the most influential figure in my graduate training. From Wordnik.com. [Robert William Fogel - Autobiography] Reference
For all the burdens under which Kuznets labored, he had one advantage: the absence of an existing economic establishment. From Wordnik.com. [Misleading Indicator] Reference
Kuznets and did the empirical work that led to my early major quantitative study of the balance of payments of the United. From Wordnik.com. [Douglass C. North - Autobiography] Reference
Keynes-Kuznets contradiction was given within the framework of a general, well-defined theory of consumer demand over time. From Wordnik.com. [The Prize in Economics 1985 - Press Release] Reference
He concludes the piece by saying that "a Kuznets curve is more reliable than a revolution," but that's a dangerous proposition. From Wordnik.com. [Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle: New York Times' Tierney Wrong on "Saving the Planet"] Reference
One reported outcome is an inverted U-shape (called the environmental Kuznets curve or EKC) – like the curve ABCE in the figure. From Wordnik.com. [Restructuring development and growth for greater sustainability] Reference
Beyond IPAT and Kuznets curves: Globalization as a vital factor in analysing the environmental impact of socio-economic metabolism. From Wordnik.com. [IPAT equation] Reference
Many of the points touched upon in this section are discussed in greater detail in Simon Kuznets, Economic Growth of Nations: Total. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Kuznets - Prize Lecture] Reference
The scholar who has accomplished more than anyone else in this field is the Russian-born American economist Simon Kuznets, Professor. From Wordnik.com. [The Prize in Economics 1971 - Presentation Speech] Reference
Kuznets argued throughout WWII for a "peacetime" concept of GNP that would not confuse military production with economic well-being. From Wordnik.com. [The Data of Development - The Austrian Economists] Reference
It is interesting to note that Hicks and Kuznets debated national income concepts and valuation in the pages of Economica during the 1940s. From Wordnik.com. [Herman Daly Festschrift~ Hicksian income, welfare, and the steady state] Reference
LIN: What were some of the major challenges you and Kuznets faced in getting to the. From Wordnik.com. [E-Commerce Times] Reference
Kuznets, Douglass C. North, Richard A. Easterlin, and Moses Abramovitz, among others. From Wordnik.com. [Robert William Fogel - Autobiography] Reference
Kuznets did not provide any specific figures on how many have downloaded the platform. From Wordnik.com. [Internet News] Reference
LinuxInsider recently spoke with Miller and Kuznets to discuss the trading platform concept. From Wordnik.com. [E-Commerce Times] Reference
The current economy actually represents an opportunity for Marketcetera, according to Kuznets. From Wordnik.com. [Internet News] Reference
Kuznets, Simon, ‘On the Valuation of Social Income – Reflections on Professor Hicks’ Article. From Wordnik.com. [Herman Daly Festschrift~ Hicksian income, welfare, and the steady state] Reference
Findings column on Kuznets curves with an upbeat illustration of the "decarbonization" trend measured by Paul Waggoner. From Wordnik.com. [TierneyLab] Reference
Once people a certain level of income, the trend of environmental degradation often reverses, producing a Kuznets curve. From Wordnik.com. [TierneyLab] Reference
The fact that Marketcetera is open source doesn't actually matter all that much to many of its users, according to Kuznets. From Wordnik.com. [Internet News] Reference
‘Why and Inverted U-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve May Not Exist’, in M. Munasinghe, O. Sunkel and C. de Miguel (eds), op. cit. From Wordnik.com. [Restructuring development and growth for greater sustainability] Reference
Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) for Sulfur Dioxide. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
Our son, Paul Kuznets, teaches economics at the. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Kuznets - Autobiography] Reference
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