Rich, too poor: the crisis closer together the rich and income poor

Rules igry31-07-2009 The rich, too poor: the crisis closer together income rich and poor The gap between the most prosperous and most deprived in Russia ceased to grow for the first time in the past five years. Unfortunately, this is not due to increasing living standards in the country, and the fact that the crisis has hit both times by the rich. However, economic conditions have affected the majority of Russians. We spend the first decade became smaller, but to save - more. The crisis has made what sociologists and demographers can only dream of - living standards closer together rich and poor Russians. At least, the gap between the most prosperous and most deprived ceased to grow. The income gap between rich and poor increased for the first time in the past five years. This is evidenced by Rosstat. The ratio between the average incomes of 10% of the population with the highest and 10% of the population with the lowest incomes (the so-called coefficient of funds) in the first half of 2009 remained at the level of the first six months of the year before. It was 15.8 times. In previous years, the gap between rich and poor has increased: in the first half of 2005, the funds rate stood at 14.5, in 2006 - 14,9; in 2007 - 15.4 a year ago - 15,8.