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Share of all income going to the top 10% in 1820 and 2020 (lemmy.world)
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France was extremely unequal 200 years ago; now it's one of the most equal countries

Source: https://twitter.com/xruiztru/status/1687702683250003969

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[–] JoeBidet@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anyone verified the data, could explain where it icomes from? Seems very dubious... How anything from 1820 can be measured accurately to start with...? let alone compare to 2020...?

[–] Camus@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago

Bonne question effectivement

[–] seeschloss@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure it's accurate for all countries, especially outside Europe, but 1820 isn't prehistory and most European countries already had taxes and well-kept records.