Or M. Bialik on Nostr: It's a shitty figure, but I think a very interesting one (#fantasy and alt-history ...
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"content": "It's a shitty figure, but I think a very interesting one (#fantasy and alt-history #authors, please take note). It shows the distribution of global #wealth over the last 500 years. Note how narrow it used to be (the x-axis is in log scale) and how rapidly it widened in the last century or so. \nWe have come a long way, but there are still things to do.\n\nSource: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315101422-5/great-convergence-third-great-divergence-sahan-savas-karatasli-sefika-kumral\n(the chapter is also available on RG)\n\nhttps://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/305/331/401/866/416/original/faa1f6f9932daa81.png",
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