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by boxed 1820 days ago
It's a lie though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_eq...
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Income and wealth are two different things.
In some ways the low income inequality is driving the high wealth inequality. The income 'equality' means that the top end wages are quite low by global standards, meaning it is basically impossible to build wealth by just working hard and getting a salary.

In the US it is absolutely possible to become a millionaire simply by working your way up the ladder at a large corporation. In Sweden that is basically impossible since there are hardly any jobs offering those sort of salaries.