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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Gail seems to favor egalitarianism. She refers to this in the CIA World Factbook:

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
34.4 (2001)

She says that figure is good for being just below the UK and that it is much better than the U.S.


14 posted on 01/29/2011 4:09:19 PM PST by decimon
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To: decimon
Wondered what that index was....Wiki link:

Gini coefficient

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The Gini coefficient is a measure of statistical dispersion developed by the Italian statistician Corrado Gini and published in his 1912 paper "Variability and Mutability" (Italian: Variabilità e mutabilità)[1][2]

The Gini coefficient is a measure of the inequality of a distribution, a value of 0 expressing total equality and a value of 1 maximal inequality. It has found application in the study of inequalities in disciplines as diverse as economics, health science, ecology, chemistry and engineering.

It is commonly used as a measure of inequality of income or wealth.[3] Worldwide, Gini coefficients for income range from approximately 0.23 (Sweden) to 0.70 (Namibia) although not every country has been assessed.

20 posted on 01/29/2011 4:15:50 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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