Chapter 1: Owners

Oct 25, 2005 · Chart 1.1 shows that the richest 10% of all households own 80% of the financial wealth in America. The bottom 80% of households only get 9%. These inequalities are more extreme than in the past. As Chart 1.2 points out, the wealthiest 1% of households took home more than half of the new financial wealth created between 1983 and 2001. ................
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