Behind the challenge to the pension reform, which persists despite the promulgation of the text on Friday evening, expresses a personal opposition to the president, but also a broader social anger.
In this period of high inflation, the purchasing power of the French decreased and sensitivity to the issue of inequality hardened.
In this tense context, the note published by François Ecalle, former magistrate at the Court of Auditors and founder of the Fipeco site, on
"inequalities and the redistribution of income in 2021"
is salutary.
It will not be enough to calm the resentment but allows, at least, to frame the debate.
First observation, France is a slightly more egalitarian country than the European average.
It is the Gini coefficient, the most widely used indicator, on the international level, to measure inequalities and redistribution, which makes it possible to affirm this.
This coefficient ranges from 0 (when all incomes are identical) to 100 (when a single person owns all…
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