"The richest 1 per cent of Americans owned about 21 per cent of all wealth in 2000. Some European nations have higher concentrations than that. In Sweden -- despite that nation's egalitarian reputation -- the figure is 21 per cent, exactly the same as for the Americans. And if we take account of the massive moving of wealth offshore and off-book permitted by Sweden's tax authorities, the richest 1 per cent of Swedes are proportionately twice as well off as their American peers." Peter Baldwin, author of The Narcissism of Minor Differences, in Prospect Magazine.
Hoven's Index for July 6, 2010
Percent of population victimized by crime:
US: 21%
France: 22%
Sweden: 24%
Netherlands: 25%
UK: 27%
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