Global Income Inequality

Re:Global Income Inequality by NaturalPhallacy on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:24PM (#26431236)

World income inequality is pretty pointless data.

$1 in Niger buys you quite a lot in Niger (the first African country I randomly clicked in the interactive chart at the bottom).

$1 in USA doesn't buy you shit in USA.

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Re:Global Income Inequality by bellyfullofbac on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:53AM (#26433901)

didn't read the article, but felt you had to comment after all? The first section deals with your "insight" (yeah HN says don't be snarky, but come on):

> In this and all below charts, all $1 USD is equivalent to $1 PPP (roughly speaking, $1 PPP can buy an equivalent amount of food and other vital goods in the US as it can in China).

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Re:Global Income Inequality by NaturalPhallacy on Friday March 12, 2021 @10:16PM (#26443582)

I did read the article which is how I found the chart at the very bottom.

Income inequality compared worldwide is useless information.

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