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Re:Report: 110 people own 35% of Russia's wealth by masklinn on Thursday October 10, 2013 @12:29PM (#6528550)
> The problem with this comparison is that choice of size of the wealthiest share of population (top 110, top 400)

I found it fitting because it's pretty close to the same percentage of total population in either case (1 in a million)

> Why won't we all just refer to good old Gini coefficient and call it a day.

Although you can use Gini for wealth, the "usual" Gini coefficient is income.

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Re:Report: 110 people own 35% of Russia's wealth by kutakbash on Thursday October 10, 2013 @01:38PM (#6528980)
Well, that's correct; Nevertheless, I think people should have been reminded that Gini coefficient exists someplace ITT.
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