Something very peculiar is going on at the top of the US wealth distribution
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Inspired by the FT piece on the world's überwealthy, I decided to explore the very top of the US wealth distribution. Figure 1 displays the average net worths in constant 2016 dollars of the top 1 percent, 0.1 percent, 0.01 percent, and 0.001 percent of the wealthiest adults in the United States over the past 100 years. (All data that appears in this post is from
Something very peculiar is going on at the top of the US wealth distribution
Something very peculiar is going on at the…
Something very peculiar is going on at the top of the US wealth distribution
Inspired by the FT piece on the world's überwealthy, I decided to explore the very top of the US wealth distribution. Figure 1 displays the average net worths in constant 2016 dollars of the top 1 percent, 0.1 percent, 0.01 percent, and 0.001 percent of the wealthiest adults in the United States over the past 100 years. (All data that appears in this post is from