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[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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More recent data from Our World in Data.

The only countries with a higher Gini coefficient after taxes (higher=more inequality) are Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Costa Rica and Chile.

https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality-before-and-after-taxes

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Is this adjusted for GDP per capita? Because apparently US workers are the most productive in the world so they really should be all doing well