The effect of income equality on societies...

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mrstickball said:

Kai Master said:
I heard that economists say above 2500 euros/month this is economically counter-productive and weakens the economy... I don't know the truth but more inequality = more violence (look at the US).

Actually, as inequality has risen in the US, crime has went down significantly.

 

Now compare crime rate:

 

If you research crime rates and underlying factors, I don't think inequality is the one you'd want to correlate.

Yeah, they just had a report on this on NPR the other day about how ironically crime has gone down even as the economy has gotten worse and policemen have been laid off.