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...among the total population. The most the Gini number can equal is 1. If the number is 1, then the person in question has all the goods in question (in this case, representation in Harvard's student body). For Harvard, the Gini Index is .84. For land-holding in fedual England, the value was .65. This means that Harvard students are a more economically elite group when compared to the whole nation than the landed gentry of medieval England was compared to Britain's population...

Author: By Jeff Seder, | Title: 'Fair Harvard' -- Who's Here And Why? | 12/18/1968 | See Source »

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