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The US has a smaller income disparity than Germany...
by alexeisadeski3 13y ago
The US has a smaller income disparity than Germany...
- wwosik 13y agoHuh, on what scale? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equ... I just hate people saying what-not about easily verifiable facts.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoAt your own link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality#Gini_coefficient.2C_before_taxes_and_transfers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equ...
- sveme 13y agoCitation? The OECD says otherwise (figure 4, Gini Coefficients for a number of OECD countries): http://www.oecd.org/els/soc/OECD2013-Inequality-and-Poverty-8p.pdf http://www.oecd.org/els/soc/OECD2013-Inequality-and-Poverty-... The US is on level with Turkey, only Mexico and Chile are worse.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality#Gini_coefficient.2C_before_taxes_and_transfers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equ...
- Kurtz79 13y agoI assume you meant the opposite ?
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoNope. The US disparity is equal with France and lower than that of Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality#Gini_coefficient.2C_before_taxes_and_transfers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equ...