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Agree with @lsn interpretation. If everyone is poor, everyone is equal. But the authors do not say this. They say that there is a better  starting position in Europe than in the US. In a way they make the point that redistributing wealth has limited impact/is less important than the level of inequality that exists at the start. While the result is the same, the impact one policies will be different (eg: fixed salary for all)

@naomiii 2 authors are working at French universities & last one at World Bank/World Inequality Lab (“redistribution coordinator”). But also French.

The French paid for it

Basically this seems to be saying that Europe just has fewer rich people

Making this a classic example of compressing the potential of high earners in order to minimise the gap to low earners (who in turn are poorer than low earners in the US)

This is the difference between a socialist nation that prioritizes its citizens and a socialist nation that prioritizes jews and corporations.