Economists Often Use a Lorenz Curve to Describe Income Distribution

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Essay

Economists often use a Lorenz curve to describe income distribution. What are two other approaches to the measurement of income distribution?

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Bedlam

Any form of rowdy, chaotic behaviour. The noise and disruption among the residents of Bethlem Royal Hospital (as it is now known) prompted the use of the word (the local corruption of “Bethlem”). This asylum was established by Henry VIII in 1547 when he had the monastery of St. Mary of Bethlehem in London converted.

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