Ronan Lyons | Personal Website
Ronan Lyons | Personal Website

relative inequality

A reality check on rich-country inequality

This post reviews the ILO’s Global Wage Report and in particular its expanding dataset on internal inequality between top and bottom earners. While inequality has fallen in many countries, including Ireland, there is no strong evidence of a global trend in that direction. The figures contain an important reminder: even the poorest in wealthy countries live in conditions that average earners in most other countries would happily take. Read more