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The distribution of wealth: perception vs reality

February 24, 2011 – 10:16 pm, by Alan Davies

Chart from Mother Jones. And here’s a link to the paper this chart came from, Building a Better America – One Wealth Quintile at a Time (it’s quite short).

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    kymbos
    Posted February 25, 2011 at 9:05 am | Permalink

    And if any party tried to make it even slightly more even, they’d be denounced by the same people as Islamo-commo-fascists and immediately voted out.

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    Club Troppo » Missing Link Friday – 25 Feb 2011
    Posted February 25, 2011 at 12:16 pm | Permalink

    ...] Melbourne Urbanist’s Alan Davies links to this chart from Mother [...

  3. 3
    Alan Davies
    Posted March 1, 2011 at 6:51 am | Permalink

    Interesting how even in their ideal distribution, Americans think the richest 20% should get 30% of the wealth and the poorest 20% should only get 10%.

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    What were the most-read posts of 2011? « The Melbourne Urbanist
    Posted January 4, 2012 at 10:11 am | Permalink

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