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February 11, 2017 07:47 am PST
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Piketty: the poorest half of Americans saw a "total collapse" in their share of the country's wealth
In a new analysis of the World Income Database published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Thomas Piketty and colleagues from the Paris School of Economics and UC Berkeley, describe a "collapse" of the share of US national wealth claimed by the bottom 50% of the country -- down to 12% from 20% in 1978 -- along with an (unsurprising) drop in income for the poorest half of America. (more…)
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