Data are important to economists. There may be arguments for and against income inequality in a society, as David Horner suggests. However, unless we can find a way of measuring the extent to which income is distributed unequally, how do we know if inequality is getting better or worse? And how do we compare inequality in different societies? If we are going to monitor the degree of inequality in a country, we need to be able to find a quantifiable way of representing it.
How can we measure inequality?
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