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Is greater economic equality only possible in homogenous countries?

Looking at the data the Richard Wilkinson presents, it seeings that countries with the greatest economic equality are homogenous countries as is the case with Japan or the Scandinavian countries.

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  • Calvin Miner

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    May 18 2012: Of course not. The US is the most heterogeneous nation and it has the second worst inequality based on difference in incomes among the top and bottom 20%. However, the other nations with high inequality are homogenous, other than Singapore. Portugal is the third most unequal, but it is extremely homogenous- more homogenous than Sweden. Also, the late USSR was about as diverse as the USA, but the USSR was highly egalitarian.
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    pat gilbert 50+

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    May 16 2012: Hey Oliver we are neighbors.

    I must have made 60 posts on that Wilkinson talk, it is pure junk science.
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    Daxesh Degdawala

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    May 16 2012: yes dear
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