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Jackpine Radical

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1. I keep seeing Denmark on the list of countries with great wealth inequality.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 09:30 PM

Mar 2013

That runs counter to what I had always thought to be true (i.e. that Denmark had a fairly even distribution of wealth, with no super-poor or super-rich). What gives? Anybody know?

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Ten Numbers the Rich Would Like Fudged [View all] MrScorpio Mar 2013 OP

I keep seeing Denmark on the list of countries with great wealth inequality. Jackpine Radical Mar 2013 #1

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^ Wilms Mar 2013 #2

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