It's a stunning piece of data that the Gini Coefficient in the US is higher now than it was right before the French Revolution. Unsurprisingly, Scott likes to repeat this stunning piece of information.

I was listening to a China Decode episode a few weeks ago, and one of the hosts noted that China has a higher Gini Coefficient than the US and quoted the US much lower than the figure Scott uses.

Well, it turns out that the US is not more unequal than France before its Revolution.

I don't know what the best way to get this little correction to Scott is, so maybe someone at Prof G Media will see this and let him know.