Comments on: Income Distribution by Country

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:10:04 +0000

the kuznets curve has been consistently academically discredited

By: Acknot

Acknot — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:22:41 +0000

You may like socialism or not, but there is much to be said about the findings in these graphics.

Scientifically there is a definite connection between wealth distribution and crime levels. Perhaps crime level vs equality would make an interesting graphic as well.

Also, the notion that more equal nations are poor is false. The lightest colored nations are all top rated in consumer buying power (i.e. tax adjusted as someone mentioned.) If anything, this illustrates that equality is good for buying power.

By: M.H. Suryanarayana

M.H. Suryanarayana — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:33:24 +0000

Gini coefficient is obtained by dividing the area above the Loren curve (purple shade) by the area below the 45 degree line called Line of Equal Distribution (that is, sum of purple and olive colored regions).

By: russell haggar

russell haggar — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:33:37 +0000

sorry
typing error in first submission
It should have read let the purple area=A…aprt from that my fist message stands

By: russell haggar

russell haggar — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:30:05 +0000

Greg earlier questioned your method of calculating the GINI Coeffiecient. He is correct.Let the purple are =A and the green area =B.The Gini Coefficient is then A divided by A+B
Total Equality means A =0 and Gini Coefficient =0
Total inequality means B=0 and Gini oefficient = 1

By: Again with the graphs ^^ « The Blog For Everything by Arthur

Again with the graphs ^^ « The Blog For Everything by Arthur — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:19:35 +0000

[...] So I was bopping around the nets, and I found this nifty little graph about how economists calculate income distribution (which is another way of saying ‘how wide the gap is between rich and poor people’) in any given country. Take a look, HERE. [...]

By: Arthur

Arthur — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:59:03 +0000

You know, I hate to feed trolls, but let me respond really quickly to some of the comments left here by those seeking to politicize science.
1) – You’re politicizing science. Bad. Bad boy/girl. Drop it. No biscuit. Bad.
2) – Even if I agreed with your particular political cant, I wouldn’t agree with the idea of saying that a scientific tool is ‘useful’ or ‘not useful’, ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based upon how closely the results of using the tool resemble the political doctrine espoused by your leaning. That’s just not good science.
3) This infographic isn’t good or bad in and of itself; it just explains facts that economists around the world agree on, and explains (in brief) the method those economists used to agree with each other.
4) Those economists (like any scientist) had to look past their own personal political agenda to see where the data took them. why can’t you?
Okay, I’m done.

By: Soziale Ungleichheit nach Ländern « sozlog

Soziale Ungleichheit nach Ländern « sozlog — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:36:38 +0000

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By: ROFL

ROFL — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:27:52 +0000

Wow, no wonder the average American is so poor right now, your leaders have all your money! Haha not like anyone wants those worthless dollars right now. Maybe the we will let you in the EU one day and you can use our Euro. Put some sane financial regulations back in place and raise taxes and you can kiss your deficit good-bye. Oh we can socialize your medicine too so its free for all!

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links for 2009-12-13 | Glorified Monkey — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:05:04 +0000

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