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leveymg

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2. America's current Genie Coefficient is .499, up there with the Robber Barron Age.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu May 23, 2013, 10:01 PM

May 2013

That is one fat Lorenz curve.

According to the data, the U.S. Gini Coefficient before taxes and gov't benefits stands at .499, the highest in modern history. See, http://stats.oecd.org/index.as... The level hasn't been a democratic "38" since the 1960s.

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OECD: Inequality Rising Faster than Ever [View all] marmar May 2013 OP

Things fall apart, the center cannot hold... K&R Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #1

America's current Genie Coefficient is .499, up there with the Robber Barron Age. leveymg May 2013 #2

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