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malletgirl02 Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 08:24 PM
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23. you are right
Edited on Wed Jul-29-09 08:27 PM by malletgirl02
Here is a link to information on the Gini-Coefficint to help back up your argument.http://www.sustainablemiddleclass.com/Gini-Coefficient.html The Gini Coefficient measure income inequality. The website list a select group of nations, and as you already said the U.S, has a pretty high rate of income inequality. Here is a list of Gini Coeffincts.i got this list from this blog: http://blog.sustainablemiddleclass.com/?page_id=162. The higher the number the more income inequality.

Japan 24.9

Sweden 25.0

Germany 28.3

France 32.7

Pakistan 33.0

Canada 33.1

Switzerland 33.1

United Kingdom 36.0

Iran 43.0

United States 46.6

Argentina 52.2

Mexico 54.6

South Africa 57.8

Namibia 70.7

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