Born Poor? | Economist Samuel Bowles says Get Used to It
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The most recent US Gini coefficient (used to calculate equality) is at a level comparable to the Philippines, a former colony of islands where every other person lives on less than $2 a day, or Rwanda, an even poorer country in Central Africa that was home to a genocide 16 years ago; a country whose name is often synonymous with hopelessness.
Published on Monday 15th of March 2010 11:55:26 PM
Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient 101 – Another Great
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Click on the image for a humongous version: For those of us who keep track of these things, there results are really not surprising but this is a nice and
Published on Monday 15th of March 2010 11:55:26 PM
Spoken like an emperor (with no clothes)
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“Never mind your Gini coefficient,” Mr Lee Kuan Yew told his audience at the National University of Singapore on Sunday night, “If you don't have a job you get zero against those with jobs.” In other words don't gripe about how much you are paid, just be glad you have a job.
Published on Monday 15th of March 2010 11:55:26 PM
World Map of inequality of wealth distribution
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The Gini coefficient is a measure of statistical dispersion most prominently used as a measure of inequality of income distribution or inequality of wealth distribution.More here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality
Published on Monday 15th of March 2010 11:55:26 PM
Income Inequality Map by Country
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NOT everyone agrees that income inequality is a problem to be solved. America and Britain are reckoned to have among the greatest inequality, among rich countries, as measured by the Gini coefficient. Such inequality may be associated with certain problems.
Published on Monday 15th of March 2010 11:55:26 PM
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