Affectionate-Flow149 t1_is2vbxe wrote on October 12, 2022 at 10:11 PM Reply to Democracy and economic equality in six major western countries, since 1980 [OC] by progressinmotion I don't get the point of using Gini index before tax. Given that most western countries have some sort of progressive taxation regime which theoretically decreases income inequality, what does this metric tell us? Permalink 3
Affectionate-Flow149 t1_is2vbxe wrote
Reply to Democracy and economic equality in six major western countries, since 1980 [OC] by progressinmotion
I don't get the point of using Gini index before tax. Given that most western countries have some sort of progressive taxation regime which theoretically decreases income inequality, what does this metric tell us?