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I would agree, but the wealth gap exists here too and it's growing bigger. There are only a handful people who have earn a big percentage of what's earned in to
by X4 13y ago
I would agree, but the wealth gap exists here too and it's growing bigger. There are only a handful people who have earn a big percentage of what's earned in total in the country. Sorry, but had to make this clear. I am from Europe.
Countries with most Billionaires:
1) USA – 409
2) China – 317
3) Russia – 88
4) Germany – 61
5) England – 56
6) India – 53
7) Switzerland – 41
8) Brazil – 33
9) Taiwan – 32
10) France – 31
10) Turkey – 31
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germans_by_net_worth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germans_by_net_worth
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_500_reichsten_Deutschen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_500_reichsten_Deutsch...
- X4 13y agoDon't take the List as absolute data, it's only showing publicly known billionaires. There are MANY secret billionaires. Germany might have +120 secret billionaires according to this article: http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.welt.de%2Fwirtschaft%2Farticle114003352%2F120-geheime-Milliardaere-in-Deutschland.html http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=htt...
- mattlutze 13y agoWell, the gap isn't growing in the same way in every European country. I'm guessing you're from Germany? Billionaires certainly exist in every country. The count of billionaires in a particular country, however, does not actually talk to the wealth gap in a country. I'm simply stating that it is suppressed by wealth redistribution, and is not reliably a function of the size of a government, nor am I sure how one would go about meaningfully measuring the size of a government.