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What is the Gini coefficient?

Geoff Riley

15th March 2015

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This BBC news article looks at the origins of the Gini coefficient as a measure of income inequality

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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