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Re:America’s banks are missing hundreds of billions of dollars by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @06:40AM (#35259164)
Seriously? Look at the countries with the highest inequality, does Somalia scream prosperity to you?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient

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Re:America’s banks are missing hundreds of billions of dollars by robertlagrant on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @07:21AM (#35259424)
> Growing inequality without growing GDP means you became poorer.

For example: Bill Gates comes along with Microsoft, and sells Windows to businesses worldwide, who all benefit. Why is GDP not growing? And even if it magically doesn't grow, how has that made me poorer?

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Re:America’s banks are missing hundreds of billions of dollars by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @09:10AM (#35260447)
Why are you conflating growth in inequality during the pandemic with entrepreneurship?

Did GDP grow during the pandemic? Did dozens of Bill Gates's spawn?

How did you even get the idea that Bill gates has increaeed inequality? Thousands of people were able to get a well paid job or start a business, inequality probably decreased on average.

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Re:America’s banks are missing hundreds of billions of dollars by robertlagrant on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @11:20AM (#35262387)
Bill Gates increased inequality by having a giant amount of money relative to almost everyone else.
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