To test this, I used a common measure of economic inequality called the Gini coefficient.
A common measure of private banks' performance is "net new assets" (NNAs) flowing in.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton also tried to create a common measure of performance in order to spur higher achievement.
A common measure of this variety, called species richness, is the count of species in an area.
On the other hand, the company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization -- a common measure of operating performance for telecommunications companies -- rose 44percentto to $14.65 billion.
A common measure of the solvency of unemployment insurance funds is the reserve ratio, or accumulated funds as a percent of annual payroll.
Before personal tax and cash payments, our Gini coefficient (a common measure of inequality, where a higher number means more inequality) is 0.469; afterwards, it's 0.334.
Sales at stores open more than a year, a common measure of a retailer's health, rose 8percentt in the quarter.
And the tier-1 capital ratio, a common measure of financial strength, was 14.5percentt as of Sept. 25, up from 13.8percentt in late June.
In 1970, global income distribution peaked at about $1,000 in today's dollars, a common measure of poverty ($2 a day in 1985 dollars).
Another factor, however, is that Andersen's clients tended to have lower "betas," a common measure of how closely the returns from one stock move with the overall market.
