On Sep 19, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Ismail Lagardien wrote:
> The UNDP have made the claim that inequality has increased in NZ,
> USA and UK following the end of the Cold War - can't look for teh
> reference now.
According to the Luxembourg Income Study's key figures spreadsheet:
<http://www.lisproject.org/keyfigures/full_kf.xls>
inequality increased in the UK after 1979 (gee, what happened that year?). In the U.S., it started about 5-10 years earlier. They don't have NZ in their database. Inequality also increased in Australia - but little or no increase in Canada, France, or Germany. In Sweden, ineq fell from 1967 to 1981, and rose after 1981 - but it's still below the 1967 level.