Great Gatsby curve
English
editEtymology
editCoined by American economist Judd Cramer and introduced by Alan Krueger in a 2012 speech, in allusion to F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.
Noun
editGreat Gatsby curve (plural Great Gatsby curves)
- (economics) A chart plotting the relationship between inequality and intergenerational social immobility in several countries around the world.