Reply #26: Thanks--now I understand you haven't looked at this carefully

[jpgray]

I thought your arguments were coming from a base of knowledge that apparently you don't possess.

"Between 1960 and 1995, the disparity in GDP per capita between the 20 richest and 20 poorest nations more than doubled. And in the last two decades, inequality within countries has also increased, making the gap between those at the top and those at the bottom of the economic pyramid even more pronounced.

The economic divide has widened not only in poor countries and those struggling in transition from communist to capitalist economic systems, but also in many industrial nations. And its impact on essentials such as health and education lends even more urgency to reducing the gap between the world's 'haves' and 'have nots' wherever they live."

http://www.worldwatch.org/live/discussion/76/