☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoTop 1% of u.s. earners now have more wealth than the middle classmedia.mas.toimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up146arrow-down1imageTop 1% of u.s. earners now have more wealth than the middle classmedia.mas.to☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square1fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.ml
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/12/06/top-1-american-earners-more-wealth-middle-class/71769832007/
minus-squareCarbonScored [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoI wonder if they exclude the bottom 20% because debt often makes their wealth negative. I’d assume that’d mean the top 1% have more wealth than at least the bottom ~85%.
I wonder if they exclude the bottom 20% because debt often makes their wealth negative. I’d assume that’d mean the top 1% have more wealth than at least the bottom ~85%.