What that Google memo didn't tell you about pay inequality in America

The wage gap is more than simply one very memorable statistic - it's a measure of inequality that shrinks and expands according to age, industry and race

A Google employee's tirade against diversity efforts included a claim that the gender wage gap is a myth, in spite of mountains of data proving otherwise.

But the wage gap is more than simply one very memorable statistic - that a woman in the US earns $0.80 for each $1 a man earns. It is a measure of inequality that shrinks and expands based on variables including age, geography, industry, occupation and race.

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