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> check out your world in data. For better or worse the income equality thing is outweighed by the gains in China and India but most of the world seems to be im

> check out your world in data. For better or worse the income equality thing is outweighed by the gains in China and India but most of the world seems to be improving on that front. >There are still countries getting worse though sadly Do you mean https://ourworldindata.org/ https://ourworldindata.org/? It would be far more constructive to give an actual link to proof than some massive site. No offense, but that's like me saying, "You want proof that climate change is real? Check the internet," that's not proof, just some nebulous hand-waving. No one would or should believe that. Their source data for the slight decline [1] in global inequality (which is only hypothetical) is the Worldbank [2], a source that has been heavily criticized for data-rigging [3-5]. The Worldbank also tries to present itself as helping to reduce inequality [6], so they have a bias for showing results. I am not saying you are wrong or right, but let us keep the conversation quality on this website strong. [1]: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-and-between-country-income-inequality?facet=metric https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-and-between-countr... [2]: https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/959251468176687085/pdf/wps6259.pdf https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/9592514681766870... [3]: https://www.reuters.com/business/world-bank-imf-face-long-term-damage-after-data-rigging-scandal-2021-10-04/ https://www.reuters.com/business/world-bank-imf-face-long-te... [4]: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-15/the-georgieva-scandal-and-its-lessons-for-the-imf-and-world-bank#xj4y7vzkg https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-15/the-ge... [5]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/20/theres-deeper-story-behind-world-banks-ratings-scandal/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/20/theres-de... [6]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/20/theres-deeper-story-behind-world-banks-ratings-scandal/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/20/theres-de...

endisneigh 3y ago
You are right, apologies. This was the article I was referring to: https://ourworldindata.org/how-has-income-inequality-within-countries-evolved-over-the-past-century https://ourworldindata.org/how-has-income-inequality-within-...
- ColoursofOSINT 3y ago
  The argument you appear to being attempting to support is: > Global inequality is actually decreasing (potentially at the expense of Americans). The link you have [1] states that "While the steep rise of inequality in the United States is well-known, long-run data on the incomes of the richest shows countries have followed a variety of trajectories." Also, "high and rising inequality is not an inevitability; it’s something that individual countries can influence". This does not say anything about a global trend. This support nothing except that counties can influence inequality levels. [1]: https://ourworldindata.org/how-has-income-inequality-within-countries-evolved-over-the-past-century https://ourworldindata.org/how-has-income-inequality-within-...

endisneigh 3y ago

You are right, apologies. This was the article I was referring to: https://ourworldindata.org/how-has-income-inequality-within-countries-evolved-over-the-past-century https://ourworldindata.org/how-has-income-inequality-within-...

ColoursofOSINT 3y ago
The argument you appear to being attempting to support is: > Global inequality is actually decreasing (potentially at the expense of Americans). The link you have [1] states that "While the steep rise of inequality in the United States is well-known, long-run data on the incomes of the richest shows countries have followed a variety of trajectories." Also, "high and rising inequality is not an inevitability; it’s something that individual countries can influence". This does not say anything about a global trend. This support nothing except that counties can influence inequality levels. [1]: https://ourworldindata.org/how-has-income-inequality-within-countries-evolved-over-the-past-century https://ourworldindata.org/how-has-income-inequality-within-...