Wednesday, August 21, 2013

U.S. is most developed country on Earth with highest economic inequality

20. How the U.S. compares to the world on economic inequality

Click to enlarge. Blue countries are more equal than the U.S., red countries are more unequal. (Max Fisher)
Click to enlarge. (Max Fisher)
Blue countries are more equal than the U.S., red countries are less equal. This map gives you a sense of just how severe economic inequality is in the United States; much higher than in any other developed country, and most developing countries as well.

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40 maps that explain the world - Washington Post

In other words there is no developed nation that is as advanced as us that has this level of economic inequality. If you study how this happened it began during the Reagan administration when he began to destroy the Unions in the U.S.

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