TedPage: UN doesn't get it

I read a BBC article about growing world inequality which is based on a report by the UN. I was interested in the statistics that they had in relation to a World Changing story talking about terrorism as class struggle (I can't find the link right now, sorry). Could we look at the increase of an inequality index and compare it to a terrorism one? Would there be a correlation?

So I went looking for the report. The report is here. But, you can't get it. You can pay $15 and they'll send you a printed copy, but there is no way to get a quick electronic copy. Fine.

I realized that all I really wanted was the numbers that they used, and I saw a link for a UN statistics site in my search for the original report. It looks like exactly what I need, but I can't get data out of it. You need a log in, an expensive login. So, in the end I didn't get the numbers I wanted and the UN remains an unapproachable ivory tower. I think that the UN should encourage individuals to be interested in this material, encourage them to use this data to understand the global situation. Perhaps that's why there is more global inequality, the data can only be used by those with a $150.

That all being said, the UN does have some data online. But it seems to be a small, well digested set.