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I came to make the exact same comment. Globally inequality and poverty are dropping rapidly, we live on the safest planet in history...can't cite it, but it wou
by cpfohl 11y ago
I came to make the exact same comment. Globally inequality and poverty are dropping rapidly, we live on the safest planet in history...can't cite it, but it wouldn't be hard to find the stats.
- sp332 11y agoInequality has been increasing over time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient#World_income_Gini_index_since_1800s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient#World_income_... Especially recently in the US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States#2009.E2.80.93present https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_Unite... and Europe http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oecd-inequality-interview-idUSKCN0S126S20151007 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oecd-inequality-interview-...