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Graphic of the Day: Incarceration rates

This graphic in the Washington Post is stunning:

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    Ingmar Schumacher

    If you look at the data you see that the incarceration rate is highly correlated with all measures of inequality. E.g. US, Israel, Chile and Mexico are also highest ranked in terms of inequality. You guys should go more after your 1%…

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