Wealth Gap: Increasing in Recovery
Posted by on May 06, 2013
Wealth Gap: Increasing in Recovery
During the first two years of the nation’s economic recovery, the mean net worth of households in the upper 7% of the wealth distribution rose by an estimated 28%, while the mean net worth of households in the lower 93% dropped by 4%, according to this Pew Research Center analysis of newly released Census Bureau data.
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/04/23/a-rise-in-wealth-for-the-wealthydeclines-for-the-lower-93/
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