At the low end, the Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) and Switzerland all have below-average inequality and below-average poverty. Most people receive cash transfers from the state, and income taxes are strongly progressive - in other words, higher earners lose a bigger share of their income in tax. Several factors are at work -the wage range is relatively wide, with some people on very high wages, and the state often provides less in the way of cash transfers. China and India are the most famous examples, but they’re not alone: In the 1990s, only 12 developing economies saw their GDP per capita grow at more than double the rate of OECD countries, in the 2000s that number soared to 83. Nevertheless, the impact of this shift has been profound.