Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Inequality in the UK at a glance

Here is an animation about inequality in the UK.

They asked people what they thought each pentile (1/5th) of Britain's total wealth should have, How much they thought they actually had
and then they showed how much they really had.

Fifth                  | Should |  Believed  |   Actual   |
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poorest              |   15     |     9          |    0.6
next                   |   17     |   12          |     5
middle               |   19     |   16          |     11
second to top     |   22     |    22         |     21
richest               |   27     |    42         |     62
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They say:

If current trends continue, we will have reached Victorian levels of inequality in 20 years.

Sick isn't it?

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