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Inequality has fallen in only half of Africa's 55 countries.
His point is that, excluding the top one per cent, inequality has fallen.
In the UK, income inequality has fallen since 2007 but remains one of the highest in the OECD.
The Gini coefficient, a standard statistical measure of inequality, has fallen steadily since 2001 (though it remains very high by international standards).
Inequality has fallen in countries that rely heavily on exports of commodities, such as Peru, but also in those where manufacturing plays a bigger role, such as Mexico.
And even if you do include China and India, the two great success stories, it's surprisingly hard to find evidence that inequality has fallen on a global basis.
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Inequalities have fallen since 1990 in Brazil and since 2000 in Sweden.
Income inequality, though still high, has fallen sharply.
Trends over time by wealth group show that inequality in facility births has fallen substantially and marginalized castes have seen large increases in utilization over the past five years.
Or, as put in economist-speak by the Institute for Fiscal Studies last year: "Over the past two decades … inequality among the bottom 99% has fallen: the Gini coefficient for the bottom 99% was 5% lower in 2011 12, at 0.30, than in 1991".
But the revelations of inequality have meant that aspirational talk has fallen flat, and the experience of 2008 has fractured faith in established leaders to fix it.
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