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=== Economic disparity === | === Economic disparity === | ||
* | * 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== | ||