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From: Brumar892/2/2011 11:19:14 AM
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Rich Poor Americans

by Don Boudreaux on February 1, 2011

in Inequality,Standard of Living

Any number of lessons – some correct, many incorrect – might be drawn from my favorite passage in this past Sunday’s New York Times Book Review; it’s from Catherine Rampell’s review of Branko Milanovic’s The Haves and the Have-Nots:

The typical person in the top 5 percent of the Indian population, for example, makes the same as or less than the typical person in the bottom 5 percent of the American population. That’s right: America’s poorest are, on average, richer than India’s richest — extravagant Mumbai mansions notwithstanding.

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I see Tim Fowler posted about this here:
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