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by jazzyjackson 1790 days ago
your link highlights the trouble with using the mean average :> But there is a considerable gap between the richest and poorest – the top 20% of the population earn nearly nine times as much as the bottom 20%.

The wealth gap in Japan is much narrower. I suppose I would want an iphones-per-capita measure to compare whether our buying habits are similar.