Important: measures of wealth inequality are NOT measures of poverty! Global wealth has become much more concentrated as poverty has *simultaneously* DECLINED dramatically. Models that don't make this distinction are likely to make harmful prescriptions https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions-in-5-charts …https://twitter.com/_JamieWhyte/status/1042153627530547206 …
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Hard to think of a policy that does both: It seems like almost all inequality-reducers are designed to reduce absolute poverty. Maybe trade protectionism?
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Oh, the failed Seattle head tax: Would hurt big biz shareholders, largely wealthy, and also increases the number of people in poverty by disincentivizing hiring. Except the revenues were earmarked for low-income housing, which obvs reduces absolute poverty.
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One example that comes to mind: Take the salary of Walmart's CEO ($25 million) and redistribute it to all entry-level workers in the firm (about two million). That comes out to *three cents per day for a single year* and likely the destruction of the company itself.

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It's amazing how different the world looks to someone once they wrap their mind around the fact that making the rich poorer != making the poor richer in the long run.
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