PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoA good rule of thumb at this point, honestlylemmy.worldimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1758arrow-down15
arrow-up1753arrow-down1imageA good rule of thumb at this point, honestlylemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareshawn1122@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months ago More recent data from Our World in Data. The only countries with a higher Gini coefficient after taxes (higher=more inequality) are Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Costa Rica and Chile. https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality-before-and-after-taxes
minus-squarekameecoding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoIs this adjusted for GDP per capita? Because apparently US workers are the most productive in the world so they really should be all doing well
More recent data from Our World in Data.
The only countries with a higher Gini coefficient after taxes (higher=more inequality) are Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Costa Rica and Chile.
https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality-before-and-after-taxes
Is this adjusted for GDP per capita? Because apparently US workers are the most productive in the world so they really should be all doing well