Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Are Germans really poorer than Spaniards, Italians and Greeks? | vox

The  interpretation given by De Grauwe & Ji is quite convincing. Germans are opposed to transfers to the southern countries because they are much richer despite the ECB figures . This also means that current measures of inequality could be misleading and should therefore refer not only to income but wealth and economic assets (of which capital stock is just a proxy)

Are Germans really poorer than Spaniards, Italians and Greeks? | vox

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