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Reselects420 t1_j6me113 wrote

Reply to comment by Youngerthandumb in At 6.1%, India to be fastest-growing economy, projects IMF; China at 5.2% by Gopu_17

Ah but this is since the covid pandemic.

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Youngerthandumb t1_j6me4ux wrote

You can look at the Oxfam reports going back in the years. I'm not an expert, but the figures are pretty damning.

Here's 2016

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-will-own-more-all-rest-2016

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Spiritual-Fan5642 t1_j6npzof wrote

So what you really want to say is tgat inequality is a GLOBAL and historical problem.

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Youngerthandumb t1_j6nqasu wrote

I did say that. However, this thread is about India. I'll quote myself, "Global inequality is on the rise. The figures are similar everywhere."

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Spiritual-Fan5642 t1_j6o5wd3 wrote

....and historically speaking not much has really changed besides population and concentration of wealth.

But nah, go right ahead and be pedantic about it with incomplete context.

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Youngerthandumb t1_j6o9hk8 wrote

pedantic because I'm using numbers to make an argument? That's a new one.

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