Real economists would consider separating statistical outliers like china.
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03057...
> Without China and India, global interpersonal income inequality in 143 countries was higher in 2015 than in 1988.
> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/china-us-pov...
> The Chinese did rather well in the age of globalization. In 1990, 943 million people there lived on less than $3 a day measured in 2021 dollars – 83% of the population, according to the World Bank. By 2019, the number was brought down to zero. Unfortunately, the United States was not as successful. More than 4 million Americans – 1.25% of the population – must make ends meet with less than $3 a day, more than three times as many as 35 years ago.
> https://wir2022.wid.world/executive-summary/
> Income and wealth inequalities have been on the rise nearly everywhere since the 1980s, following a series of deregulation and liberalization programs which took different forms in different countries. The rise has not been uniform: certain countries have experienced spectacular increases in inequality (including the US, Russia and India) while others (European countries and China) have experienced relatively smaller rises.
This article is deceitful. I dont understand why you get downvotes.