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This account (by @goetzkluge.bsky.social) mainly is about inequality measures. A special focus is on the symmetrized Theil-T redundancy.
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There are inequality measures based on the Shannon entropy.

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ineqcomps.bsky.social IneqComps @ineqcomps.bsky.social · Jul 6
Not all inequality measures were created equal
The measurement of wealth inequality, its decompositions, and an application to European household wealth

Rita Neves Costa, Sébastien Pérez-Duarte

December 2019

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Not all inequality measures were created equal The measurement of wealth inequality, its decompositions, and an application to European household wealth Rita Neves Costa, Sébastien Pérez-Duarte December 2019 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ecb.sps31~269c917f9f.en.pdf
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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ineqcomps.bsky.social IneqComps @ineqcomps.bsky.social · Jul 6
Galbraith, James K.; Chen, Jing. "Entropy Economics: The Living Basis of Value and Production" (p. xiv). University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.

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«[...] A key regulatory function is control of inequality; inequality is necessary, but it is dangerous if becomes too great. Economic inequality motivates activity: economic agents compare themselves with others and strive to improve their position—to make more money, to grow their wealth. Without this incentive, human societies would be much harder to organize and sustain. But too much inequality is like an overheated engine or a person with high blood pressure. It is a sign of discontent, of trouble ahead, and a warning of potential breakdown. [...]» Galbraith, James K.; Chen, Jing. "Entropy Economics: The Living Basis of Value and Production" (p. xiv). University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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brankomilan.bsky.social Branko Milanovic @brankomilan.bsky.social · Aug 3
While capitalism rules alone, 85% of the (adult) people in the world have no income from property.
New capitalism III: Capital
Why is capital so concentrated and why so few have it?
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New capitalism III: Capital
Why is capital so concentrated and why so few have it?
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November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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ineqcomps.bsky.social IneqComps @ineqcomps.bsky.social · Jul 23
Yoram Amiel, “Thinking about Inequality”, 2011
What is inequality? In recent years [before 2011] there has been an explosion of interest in the subject that has yielded a substantial body of formal tools and results for income-distribution analysis. But does the standard axiomatic structure coincide with public perceptions of inequality? Or is the economist's concept of inequality a thing apart, perpetuated through serial brainwashing in the way the subject is studied and taught? Amiel and Cowell examine the evidence from a large international questionnaire experiment using student respondents. Along with basic "cake-sharing" issues, related questions involving social-welfare rankings, the relationship between inequality and overall income growth and the meaning of poverty comparisons are considered.
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Es gibt wohl mehrere Kategorien, innerhalb derer man die Menschen in zwei Gruppen unterteilen kann. Das gilt auch für die Vermögensverteilung.

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ineqcomps.bsky.social IneqComps @ineqcomps.bsky.social · Jun 29
That quote gave me the idea to develop the Plato inequality measure. If you compute the Plato measure for some group A devided into a few percentiles, then the Plato measure tells you what kind of group B devided into just two percentiles would have the same Theil Redundancy as group A.
Any city however small, is divided at least into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are hostile to each other. (Plato, Politeia, 370 BC)
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Ist in der Mediathek

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November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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September 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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How did the USA sink into its current state? By allowing a narcissistic felon and sociopath to assemble an incompetent administration and to troll the US citizens and the rest of the world?
August 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Journalistisch seriöser wäre: "Sogenannte Wirtschaftsweise will Soziales kürzen und den Reichtum pflegen."
August 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM