> The bottom several deciles of income... Would it be so hard to use Gini coefficient, standard deviations, or... anything other than "average"? Typical bad f

> The bottom several deciles of income... Would it be so hard to use Gini coefficient, standard deviations, or... anything other than "average"? Typical bad faith response to simple observation of growing inequity is "Well, ya, but average income hasn't budged!!" As though 99/10 is morally and quantitatively equivalent to 50/50. Is innumeracy the kryptonite to rational discourse? If there's a more effective rebuttal, a better phrase, someone please share it.