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The 1% Have Gotten CHUMP CHANGE Compared to the .1% … Who In Turn Have Gotten PEANUTS Compared to the .01%

By George Washington
Created 02/12/2014 - 00:42
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Submitted by George Washington [1] on 02/12/2014 00:42 -0500



 

Everyone knows that all of the economic growth has gone to the 1%:

[2]Wrong!

The 1% have gotten chump change compared to the .1% … who, in turn, have gotten peanuts compared to the .01%

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(Graphs courtesy of World Top Incomes Database [4], using data compiled by economists Facundo Alvaredo, Tony Atkinson, Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez.)

More on inequality [5].

 

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[2] http://www.washingtonsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1-Percent-Versus-90-Percent.jpg
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[4] http://topincomes.g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/#Home:
[5] http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/01/54-republicans-say-weve-got-much-inequality.html