Report: 110 people own 35% of Russia's wealth

Re:Report: 110 people own 35% of Russia's wealth by tedunangst on Thursday October 10, 2013 @11:18AM (#6528184)

Here's a fun experiment: Graph what you think wealth distribution should be. Take the derivative to see what you think income should be. Take the derivative again to see what you think your raise should be.

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Re:Report: 110 people own 35% of Russia's wealth by kd0amg on Thursday October 10, 2013 @04:02PM (#6529713)

Derivative with respect to what? Time, so we can get money/time as the output? Differentiating a population percentage -> wealth with respect to time doesn't sound particularly informative.

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Re:Report: 110 people own 35% of Russia's wealth by tedunangst on Thursday October 10, 2013 @04:21PM (#6529803)

You're right, there's some hand waving. The point is that most people draw ridiculously flat graphs, and if you work backwards to find an income/savings rate that makes the wealth graph, it's not pretty.

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