ooli@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months agoWealth of the 1% of Europei.redd.itimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down15
arrow-up1334arrow-down1imageWealth of the 1% of Europei.redd.itooli@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareGissaMittJobblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 months agoI guess this is going to depend on how you measure, right? What’s the methodology?
minus-squareAmaltheamannenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoFor extra context, we have very high income taxes but none or very low wealth taxes for things like inheritance or owning stocks. Making it cheap to be rich and expensive to work.
minus-squareGissaMittJobblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoYep. The right really did manage to pull a fast one on Sweden.
minus-squareAmaltheamannenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoWealth inequality, not income inequality. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_wealth_inequality Sweden is 12, US is 25 or something.
minus-squareGissaMittJobblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoAh, yeah. Gotcha. That tracks, for sure.
I guess this is going to depend on how you measure, right? What’s the methodology?
For extra context, we have very high income taxes but none or very low wealth taxes for things like inheritance or owning stocks. Making it cheap to be rich and expensive to work.
Yep. The right really did manage to pull a fast one on Sweden.
Wealth inequality, not income inequality. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_wealth_inequality Sweden is 12, US is 25 or something.
Ah, yeah. Gotcha. That tracks, for sure.