XPost: rec.autos.sport.nascar, rec.autos.sport.indycar   
   From: mjackson@alumni.caltech.edu   
      
   On 4/4/2024 12:33 PM, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2024-03-06 10:39, a425couple wrote:   
      
   >> "We know there is a class system in America, a great divide between   
   >> the haves and have-nots. To be a have-not and be talked to by the   
   >> haves has an air of the farcical to it."   
   >>   
   >> No, there is not.  There is a spread, with many constantly moving up,   
   >> and many moving down.  But the averages are regularly moving up.   
   >> Adam Smith's unseen hand moving through the world's market have   
   >> made most well fed and equipped.   
   >   
   > Yes, there is a class system, and most who are down never have any   
   > chance of moving up.   
   >   
   > If the average wealth is rising, it is because the extremely rich are   
   > getting extremely richer.   
   >   
   > I suggest you look at the MEDIAN, rather than the mean.   
      
   It's important to examine the distribution.   
      
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