"Even the Ancient Roman Empire Wasn't as Unequal as America" By Gus Lubin, Business Insider
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/8956-even-the-ancient-roman-empire-wasnt-as-unequal-as-america
[Excerpted] Rome's top 1% controlled 16 percent of the wealth,
compared to modern America where the top 1% controls 40 percent of the
wealth.
Looking at the Gini coefficient, where 0 means perfect
equality and 1 means perfect inequality, Rome measured between 0.42 and
0.44. Modern America scores worse at 0.45, and some areas are much
worse like Fairfield County, Conn. with an alarming 0.54...[end quote]
Also see 1 in 2 Americans is Low Income
And "The US is a Plutonomy, Here Comes Neofeudalism"
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