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> More than _one-third_ of Italy’s richest people inherited their fortunes, compared with _just 29 percent_ in the U.S Garbage article

• chrisseaton 10y ago
  Do you have some other information you'd like to share about that? You've just said it's "garbage" without saying why.
  • fzzzy 10y ago
    Why do they switch the units they use in the same sentence, except to obfuscate the fact that the two values are very close to each other? If they said 31 percent of italy and 29 percent of us, the case might seem weaker.
    • jessriedel 10y ago
      Sort of agree, except that "31 percent" is incompatible with "more than one third".
      • fzzzy 10y ago
        Whoops, you're right. 34 percent.
    • chrisseaton 10y ago
      Ah, I actually didn't see that. I would have done if you had said more than "garbage".
      • fzzzy 10y ago
        That wasn't me. I agree the original comment could have been more substantial. :)
        • SilasX 10y ago
          I agree (with your point and the "garbage" remark) but FWIW it was obvious to me what the criticism was -- 29% vs [obscured way of saying GT 33.3%].
    • aetherson 10y ago
      The map a few inches down gives the results all in numbers. For the record, it's: Germany: 65% Italy: 37% USA: 29% China: 2% Also, this statistic is about billionaires, not just ordinary very-wealthy people.