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Well, here's a picture from an article on the subject.
http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/inequal/2001/0426winlose.htm

There's also a bunch of stuff at http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_gdp_ppp_cap that generally shows that the US and the traditional EU countries are about par, while the newer members of the EU are lower.

by asdf on Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 at 10:07:30 AM EST
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The graph you show and the data you link are average/mean figures. We are interested in the median, i.e., the income figure that 50% have more than and 50% have less than. One would expect it to be substantially lower than the average income.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 2nd, 2005 at 10:16:04 AM EST
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