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June 15, 2005
Interesting statistics on wealth distribution in the U.S.
No value judgment, but definitely something to make you think a bit. See the article here. The article was written by Julian Edney, Ph.D. This is one section that particularly caught my eye:
"We are a a radically skewed society. Rather than pages of numbing statistics I'll sketch a couple of facts, the first from sociologist Steven Rose. If you drew a line on a building three stories high to represent the distance between the lowest and the highest family income, the average (median) income sits at only 10.5 inches off the ground and half the nation is clumped below that (5). Second, despite the prodigious numbers of poor, housing for them is so scarce that of the 3,141 counties in the United States, in only 4 can a person making minimum wage afford a one-bedroom apartment (6)."
Posted by Chip Spear at June 15, 2005 11:04 AM
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