Six teams remain in the World Cup, but one stands head and shoulder above the rest: Brazil. Unfortunately, Brazil’s beautiful game is not what deserves our attention. Brazil is among the most unequal nations on earth. The wealth concentrated in the richest 10% of the population is 68 times greater than in the poorest 10%. Income distribution in the two nations favored to take home the World Cup couldn’t be more different: Brazil’s wealth is ten times more concentrated than Germany’s.
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This entry was posted by Statastico on Saturday, July 1st, 2006, at 1:38 pm, and was filed in Poverty, Equality, Inequality, International Development.
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