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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by westurner on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:23AM (#43220833)
From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43140675 :

> Gini Index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient

Find 1980 on this chart of wealth inequality in the US:

> GINI Index for the United States: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SIPOVGINIUSA

Are there additional measures of wealth inequality?

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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by westurner on Saturday March 01, 2025 @02:32PM (#43222776)
Income distribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_distribution

World Inequality Database: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Inequality_Database

USA!: https://wid.world/country/usa/

Economic inequality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_inequality :

> Economic inequality is an umbrella term for a) income inequality or distribution of income (how the total sum of money paid to people is distributed among them), b) wealth inequality or distribution of wealth (how the total sum of wealth owned by people is distributed among the owners), and c) consumption inequality (how the total sum of money spent by people is distributed among the spenders).

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