Putting Asia's Gini Back in its Bottle
Activists across Asia have become increasingly vocal about what they view as a widening divide between the haves and the have-nots, using the region's high Gini coefficients to support their claims. But such measures are less important than trends and public perceptions of whether the situation is improving.
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KLONG LUANG, THAILAND – Activists across Asia, inspired partly by the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States, have been highlighting what they view as a widening divide between the haves and the have-nots, those with connections and those without. But what if inequality continued to rise in Asia, and no one noticed? Would the widening gap be as inconsequential as the proverbial tree that falls in the forest, with no one there to hear it?