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Monday, 17 October 2011

15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America

Business Insider


The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Cliché, sure, but it's also more true than at any time since the Gilded Age.


The poor are getting poorer, wages are falling behind inflation, and social mobility is at an all-time low. 


If you're in that top 1%, life is grand.

Click on some of the images to enlarge them and see them in their original format...

1 - The gap between the top 1% and everyone else hasn't been this bad since the Roaring Twenties


This chart shows average income of the top 1% as a multiple of average income of the bottom 90% (via The Nation):




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