It's the Inequality, Stupid: Eleven charts that explain what's wrong

[EFerrari]

—By Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot


http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph











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[mod mom]

1. k&r

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[defendandprotect]

4. kr -- It's the corruption -- !!! Corporate fascism -- !!!

[RevStPatrick]

5. Fascinating...

K&R.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

6. A mix of good and bad data presentation.

The first chart wants to make me strangle whoever prepared it, it's so obfuscatory - for one thing, data should never, ever be represented as a circle, because it's unclear whether you're refering to the radius or the area.

The second is excellent - clear, striking, well-presented and a good choice of information to convey.

The third looks interesting, but it needs to be more clearly labelled.

The fourth isn't bad, although it's not terribly illuminating.

There are a bunch of really obvious things missing - a graph showing how much wealth someone at each centile has, for example.

[hfojvt]

7. I note that the top 10% seem to have an average income that is middle class

top 1-10% have an average family income of $164,647 which some insist is just a middle class income that should never, ever face a tax increase, not even a tax increase of $160 (which, incidentally, was my own tax increase on $12,000 under the Obama compromise)

[JackRiddler]

8. Spectacular stuff. KR

[countryjake]

9. Kick n/t.

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