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Re:Rich countries tend to have a bigger middle-class, except... by dblotsky on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @04:40PM (#19732604)
But they might also spend more of that money on things that are free in Europe.
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Re:Rich countries tend to have a bigger middle-class, except... by acchow on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @04:41PM (#19732614)
There should be data available for distributions of income including government transfers. But I would expect that the median for US would still be faring much better than the median for France.
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Re:Rich countries tend to have a bigger middle-class, except... by dblotsky on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @08:31PM (#19734445)
Based on what data would you expect that?
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