Economists realized that while metrics such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could show the wealth of a nation, they could not show how this wealth was divided amongst its citizens.
The Gini coefficient helped with this as it measures the degree of inequality in an economy. It is measured based on a number between 0 and 1 and any country that has a coefficient closer to one is generally more unequal in its wealth distribution.
Answer: The Virginia Plan called for three branches of government and two houses of Congress. ... The New Jersey Plan called for three branches of government and a single house of Congress. Each state would have an equal vote.
