"Distribution of inherited wealth is very unequal and correlated with social class, " he says.

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All three are very unequal countries by the standards of the rest of the world.

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Or a country can have very unequal distributions of wealth where trickle-down capitalism has made even those on welfare incredibly rich by global standards.

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After that, their very own book shows time after time (see above) how very unequal and late regulators were to every financial calamity that they describe.

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One reason is that pecking orders matter more than in most other rich countries: income distribution is very unequal and the unemployed, disaffected, ill-educated rump is comparatively large.

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