GDP PPP per capita minus the top 10% (user search)
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opebo
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« on: April 27, 2009, 06:04:22 PM »
Quote from: Jacobtm on April 27, 2009, 11:49:11 AM
But has anyone compiled GDP PPP per capita taking off something like the top 5-10% of earners? I feel like this would be a more useful statistic to really assess wealth.

This does sound interesting Jacibtm.  Though 'earners' is a bit of a strange term to apply to the privileged.  I can tell you that the worknig class didn't seem any better off in america than in thailand.
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« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2009, 04:43:33 PM »
Quote from: Jacobtm on April 28, 2009, 04:34:12 PM

Of course, if the "owners" are only 10% of a population  and 90% of the population is just toiling to pay their bills and eat, then that system is rotten.

Yeah I think its more like 90/10 than 2/3-1/3.
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2009, 04:35:04 AM »
Correct.  Productivity or per hour GDP and thus standard of living is much lower in the US than in Western Europe.
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