ooli@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 2 years agoWealth of the 1% of Europei.redd.itimagemessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down16
arrow-up1339arrow-down1imageWealth of the 1% of Europei.redd.itooli@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square52linkfedilink
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 years agoI guess this is going to depend on how you measure, right? What’s the methodology?
minus-squareAmaltheamannen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years 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-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYep. The right really did manage to pull a fast one on Sweden.
minus-squareAmaltheamannen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years 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-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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.