Talk:Effects of economic inequality

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the Roman, Han and Gupta empires
Please link pages about the decline of the empires.Xx236 (talk) 10:20, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

WWI was caused by inequality ?
https://pseudoerasmus.com/2016/05/08/bm/ Xx236 (talk) 10:30, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Charts from The Spirit Level lack axes description
As said in the title. The 'income inequality' on X axis is not any specified commonly used measure (like Gini coefficient). Since there is no detailed description, the reader has no ability to interpret the chart. The same goes for 'index of social and economical problems' and 'mean recycling rank' - these terms are not specified anywhere in the text of graphic description. In present form the charts convey no actual information about economic inequalities. Simply copying a chart from a book on a topic doesn't make the chart informative in any way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.76.208.169 (talk) 09:01, 23 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Here are the data sources: Notes on Statistical Sources and Methods --PJ Geest (talk) 17:01, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Is this article about economic inequality or income inequality?
The title suggests the article is about economic inequality, an ambiguity which would lead one to believe it talks about wealth inequality and income inequality interchangeably. But the authors have gone out of their way to make the article about the effects of income inequality. However, there are sprinklings of wealth inequality points throughout, like the main image: they don't specify why this has anything to do with income inequality, I would argue it is more likely to be about wealth inequality since buildings are an asset and therefore a measure of wealth not income.

There is a broader problem here. There are no specific wikipedia articles for income and wealth inequality. There is only the article for economic inequality, and then there is the effects of economic inequality. Do those two articles need to be created? Must we then fragment this article into income and wealth inequality effects articles? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Will Heisenberg (talk • contribs) 12:18, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree a split is needed, leaving this one as a short WP:SUMMARY of both. Who wants to do it? Dan Ratan (talk) 11:40, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

"Note: the insights in this section apply to capitalist countries."
That note appears in the Economic growth section. Does anyone have any reason to believe that the insights don't apply equally to countries that call themselves something other than capitalist? For example, wealth and income inequality are both much steeper in China than the US, and China is most certainly suffering consumer spending demand-based growth slowdowns, and they were before the pandemic. I think the note should be removed. Dan Ratan (talk) 11:40, 11 June 2022 (UTC)