ooli@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoWealth of the 1% of Europei.redd.itimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down16
arrow-up1339arrow-down1imageWealth of the 1% of Europei.redd.itooli@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoI guess this is going to depend on how you measure, right? What’s the methodology?
minus-squareAmaltheamannen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year 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-up2·1 year agoYep. The right really did manage to pull a fast one on Sweden.
minus-squareAmaltheamannen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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.