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If this[1] is what "increasing inequality" looks like, I welcome it.

[1] http://annualletter.gatesfoundation.org/~/media/Annual%20Let...



That particular graph has several issues. The first of which is the lack of scale. It's set up so the tail ends nicely around $100 dollars a day when in reality it should extend over 2 orders magnitude to the right. When talking about inequality, if you can say "most of humanity" exists in this hump orders of magnitude away from a select few that represents a problem.




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