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How America’s wealth gap has soared over the last century

Charting the chasm between rich and poor in the world's most affluent nation
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Charting the chasm between rich and poor in the world's most affluent nation

In America today the richest 1% own more wealth than the bottom 90%: that's the greatest wealth gap of any advanced economy in the world. In fact, the gap between the haves and have-nots among Americans has widened to proportions not seen since before the Great Depression. Click through to find out how wealth inequality in America has evolved over the past 100 years.

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Daniel Coughlin

10 May 2021

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