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runarbergyesterday at 4:14 PM2 repliesview on HN

Irrelevant aside: But I hold grudge against the economists who picked the letter K to represent increased inequality. They missed the perfect opportunity to use the less-then inequality symbol (<) and call it a “less-then economy”.


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bananaflagyesterday at 10:54 PM

Nitpick: it's less-than, not less-then.

BoxOfRainyesterday at 4:48 PM

Using an inequality symbol to highlight inequality is elegant, I wish they'd gone with that!