Pareto's Law of Income Distribution: Evidence for Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/physics_0504217/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTPareto's Law of Income Distribution: Evidence for Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States — mentioned by haZard_OShttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16855458urn:hackerpapers:mention:physics_0504217:16855458Tue, 17 Apr 2018 04:26:24 GMT<p>I may be accused of nitpicking here but the Pareto Principle is, although related, distinct from the Pareto family of distributions. I don&#x27;t intend to derail the conversation so, rather than typing out an explanation of obscene length, I will refer all interested parties to the following: Pareto Principle https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-paret... Basics of Pareto Distributions https://actuarialmodelingtopics.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/par... https://subversion.american.edu/aisaac/notes/pareto-distribu... Example of some limitations in the application of Pareto…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/physics_0504217/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.soc-ph