Re: On Ginis and 1947-1998 US Ginis

Wiliam Kirk wrote:

>I don't think "The Super Rich Are Out of Sight" came up on WSN. Could you
>post it since this sounds very much like a good read. As you indicate the
>GINI of 0.5 is getting close to an upper limit, are there any indications 
>of
>when an economy/society crashes? 0.51 perhaps?

According to Branko Milanovic of the World Bank, the following 
countries had ginis >0.500 in 1993:

Brazil               0.590
Paraguay             0.569
Lesotho              0.565
Chile                0.564
Panama               0.559
Honduras             0.546
Senegal              0.519
Mexico               0.519
Zambia               0.513
El Salvador          0.504
Bolivia              0.502