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 == Recent edits == 

 Going through this diff of recent edits, a few jumped out at me: 
 * ""even life expectancy"" was deleted even though it is clearly well-sourced to a secondary report of a peer reviewed study. There is much more abundant information on years of productive life lost under various conditions brought about by inequality (not just for the poor, because e.g. the rich have shorter lifespans when virulent and antibiotic-resistant diseases spread); 
 * ""Levels of inequality in the world"" recapitulates the title, but this is minor; 
 * ""Referring to median incomes for the upper 10% contrasted with medians for the lowest 10%""  does that phrase add any useful information? I'm not opposed to it, but it seems like excess verbiage; 
 * I have serious questions about the rationale for deleting this paragraphs: 
 :: In 2001, 46% of people in sub-Saharan Africa were living in extreme poverty.""Birth rates 'must be curbed to win war on global poverty'"". The Independent. January 31, 2007. Nearly half of all Indian children are undernourished, however, even among the wealthiest fifth one third of children are malnourished.""Half of India's children malnourished, says NGO report"". Calcutta News. October 15, 2009. An Oxfam report stated that the change in net worth of the top 100 wealthiest individuals from 2011 to 2012 was four times more than enough to eliminate global malnutrition in 2013. Oxfam Executive Director Jeremy Hobbs said that ""We can no longer pretend that the creation of wealth for a few will inevitably benefit the many – too often the reverse is true."" 
 * On the other hand, I think I understand the rationale stated for this deletion, and I believe it is mistaken: 
 :: Over the two decades prior to the onset of the global financial crisis, real disposable household incomes increased an average of 1.7% a year in its 34 member countries. However, the gap between rich and poor widened in most nations – the OECD journalist resource (2011-05) entitled ""Growing Income Inequality in OECD Countries"" states that with the exceptions of only France, Japan and Spain, wages of the 10% best-paid workers have risen relative to those of the 10% least-paid workers and the differential between the top and bottom 10% varies greatly from country to country: “While this ratio is much lower in the Nordic countries and in many continental European countries, it rises to around 14 to 1 in Israel, Turkey and the United States, to a high of 27 to 1 in Chile and Mexico.” 
 * This paragraph also seems like a poor choice to delete: 
 :: There is statistical evidence that shows strong links between single-parent families and lower income.Martin, Molly A. (2006) “Family Structure and Income Inequality in Families with Children: 1976 to 2000.” Demography 43: 421-445W. Bradford Wilcox. Family Studies In spite of the stat