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=== Economic disparity ===
=== Economic disparity ===


* >> to do Gini Coeficient
* a measure of disparities in income distribution across an economic unit or country
* Thomas Picketty
** i.e., the extent to which income is distributed equally or unequally
** ex. high economic dispary means that a small percentage of a country controls a high percentage of that country's assets or economic activity
* see [[wikipedia:Gini_coefficient|Gini coefficient - Wikipedia]]
* see Thomas Picketty / todo
* problems include
** while a certain segment of a population may control a significant portion of assets, it may not also constitute a disproportionate amount of economic activity
** government dispersals of or redistribution of income may hide underlying economic disparities in standards of living, purchasing power, etc.


==Order & Chaos==
==Order & Chaos==