Up and Out: Income Inequality and Political Polarization in the U.S.
This graph is very interesting. It tracks the degree of political polarization over time and plots it against the Gini coefficient, which is a measure of income inequality in a country. Develop Economies frequently references the Gini coefficient when discussing repressive kleptocratic regimes in Africa like Equatorial Guinea. Only recently, however, has he begun examining poverty in the United States. And he is not alone – even the hippies have managed to put down their bongs long enough to protest…