This is a fascinating article with many provided studies with data to back it up.
Here is a whopping claim:
A 2015 study by Pirmin Fessler and Martin Schurz examined European data and found that “inequality of wealth is higher in countries with a relatively more developed welfare state . . . given an increase of welfare state expenditure, wealth inequality measured by standard relative inequality measures, such as the Gini coefficient, will increase.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/how-government-creates-wealth-inequality/
Here is a whopping claim:
A 2015 study by Pirmin Fessler and Martin Schurz examined European data and found that “inequality of wealth is higher in countries with a relatively more developed welfare state . . . given an increase of welfare state expenditure, wealth inequality measured by standard relative inequality measures, such as the Gini coefficient, will increase.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/how-government-creates-wealth-inequality/
