World Pirate Party ... Change is Necessary
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Posted 19, September, 2012
Happy Birthday Occupy! (Income Inequality’s Still Getting Worse) — http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/happy-birthday-occupy-income-inequalitys-still-getting-worse/262471/These data are equivalence adjusted, meaning they’re tweaked to take into the account of how many people live in each household. So as much as possible, we’re looking at an apples to apples comparison between individuals and families across the economy. In the end, the Gini index, one of the more popular measures of income distribution, popped up 1.7 percent. The rich are indeed getting richer.

Happy Birthday Occupy! (Income Inequality’s Still Getting Worse) — http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/happy-birthday-occupy-income-inequalitys-still-getting-worse/262471/

These data are equivalence adjusted, meaning they’re tweaked to take into the account of how many people live in each household. So as much as possible, we’re looking at an apples to apples comparison between individuals and families across the economy. In the end, the Gini index, one of the more popular measures of income distribution, popped up 1.7 percent. The rich are indeed getting richer.