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by JohnFen 44 days ago
When it comes to income and wealth, I don't think so. There aren't enough people in the middle ground between rich and poor for that to be a meaningful stat for most things.
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If there are very few people in the middle ground, and more people are poor, then wouldn't the median be a poor person and therefore somewhat representative? I'm not sure I'm following your logic here...
If you look at income distribution over time you'll see that the middle indeed shrunk. However, they moved to high income.