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4. The list in Wikipedia is in alphabetical order, not by order of inequality

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:21 AM

Jun 2016

In that list, the US is at the bottom and the UK is second to the bottom. But that's because the list is alphabetical.

Instead, look at the list at the following URL. Britain does rather well, and the US isn't too bad, either.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/12/19/global-inequality-how-the-u-s-compares/

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The UK has the worst income inequality in the world except for the US. [View all] RDANGELO Jun 2016 OP

You should take a look at Chile or Russia... snooper2 Jun 2016 #2

Yup. But neoliberals will NOT be listening. They are determined closeupready Jun 2016 #3

It'll get worse, outside the EU muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #5