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DanielLC comments on [Retracted] Simpson's paradox strikes again: there is no great stagnation? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanielLC 30 July 2012 07:01:08PM 6 points [-]

Is that adjusted for inflation?

This reminds me of reading about something mentioning that the growing gap between the rich and the poor is not the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. It's the rich getting richer, the poor getting richer, and a bunch of people immigrating to replace the poor people.

Comment author: gwern 30 July 2012 07:08:54PM 4 points [-]

Yes.

Comment author: [deleted] 30 July 2012 10:43:01PM *  2 points [-]

This reminds me of reading about something mentioning that the growing gap between the rich and the poor is not the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. It's the rich getting richer, the poor getting richer, and a bunch of people immigrating to replace the poor people.

Do you have a cite or remember generally where you had read that?

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