Over at
ScienceBlogs I have a post which highlights the bizarre likelihood that in China atheists are actually some more hostile to the precepts of godless Communism than the religious. I talked to Michael Vassar about this and he thought it was curious that Chinese atheists are probably among the segments of the world population most likely to appreciate the non-zero sum power of capitalism and economic growth. Well, I guess Mao and the Cultural Revolution would do that to you, right? In any case, in the World Values Survey there is a question about income inequality, here 0 = Incomes Should Be Made More Equal, and 10 = We need larger income differences as incentives. Below the fold are a selection of nations with the proportions of those in the 15-29 age ranges who agree with a "10" when it comes to income inequality.
| France | 4.7 |
| Great Britain | 5.2 |
| Italy | 3.7 |
| United States | 5.3 |
| Canada | 6.4 |
| Japan | 6.2 |
| Australia | 4.8 |
| Sweden | 2.9 |
| Finland | 3.1 |
| South Korea | 12 |
| Poland | 11.9 |
| Brazil | 16.7 |
| Slovenia | 5.4 |
| Romania | 8.7 |
| China | 14.7 |
| Taiwan | 12.9 |
| Ukraine | 21.4 |
| Russia | 34.4 |
| Thailand | 9.8 |
| Serbia | 13.8 |
| New Zealand | 6.4 |
| Hong Kong | 1.7 |
Hong Kong, by the way, had the population which was most averse to income inequality....
Labels: Economics, World Values Survey
