[lbo-talk] Naomi Klein Goes Daft

[Miles Jackson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Feb 5, 2008, at 4:22 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
> 
> 
>>"Even in the wealthy United States, most people earn less than the
>>average income."
>>
>>http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080218/klein
> 
> 
> Hmm, she really needs to study some economics. This would be true if  
> you substituted "mean" for "average."

Most statistics textbooks treat these terms as synonyms.  What's the 
other meaning of average?

Miles