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Inequality on the rise
29th January 2011
As my attention turns towards A2 macroeconomics now that the unit 3 exam is over, I was delighted with the helpfulness of The Economist in providing me with exactly what I needed for my lesson on income inequality. Read on to find out more…
This article covers all the bases on what is a potentially fascinating topic for a study of both the UK economy and those around the world. In its current form it’s probably too long to use with a class, but it should be easy enough to cut it down to a page and provide for a potentially very thought-provoking discussion of the meaning and importance of the gini coefficient and what it means for a country. To provide some international comparison, you could also make use of the graphic below, courtesy of visualeconomics.com, which also acts as a useful revision sheet/explanation of how the gini coefficient is calculated.
