tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post1860384300157518197..comments2024-03-22T11:34:45.165+01:00Comments on taw's blog: Paradox of the poor ignoring their self-interest in democratic countriestawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16972845140253292628noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post-21285759913242914512007-05-29T15:43:00.000+02:002007-05-29T15:43:00.000+02:00The 25 to 40 range is commonly used because it's r...The 25 to 40 range is commonly used because it's round and almost all developed countries fall into this range, or only slightly out of it. The only major outlier is USA, but it became an outlier only recently: 39.4 (1970), 40.3 (1980), 42.8 (1990), 46.2 (2000), 46.9 (2005) (estimates of US Census Bureau, data via <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_index" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia</A>).tawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972845140253292628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27488238.post-46096453424806695262007-05-29T15:27:00.000+02:002007-05-29T15:27:00.000+02:00Thanks for using the GINI index and making it clea...Thanks for using the GINI index and making it clear. Did you decide what was the "civilized range of inequality" or others? <BR/><BR/>Keep posted on Haiti-DR as well - elizabetheames.blogspot.comElizabeth Eames Roeblinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483790483693405017noreply@blogger.com