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How is wealth distributed in the United States of America?
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Historically, in the USA this percentage of wealth controlled/owned by the very richest 1% is near or at an all time high:
| Lower 99% | Upper 1%
| 1922 | 63.3% | 36.7%
| 1929 | 55.8% | 44.2%
| 1933 | 66.7% | 33.3%
| 1939 | 63.6% | 36.4%
| 1945 | 70.2% | 29.8%
| 1949 | 72.9% | 27.1%
| 1953 | 68.8% | 31.2%
| 1962 | 68.2% | 31.8%
| 1965 | 65.6% | 34.4%
| 1969 | 68.9% | 31.1%
| 1972 | 70.9% | 29.1%
| 1976 | 80.1% | 19.9%
| 1979 | 79.5% | 20.5%
| 1981 | 75.2% | 24.8%
| 1983 | 69.1% | 30.9%
| 1986 | 68.1% | 31.9%
| 1989 | 64.3% | 35.7%
| 1992 | 62.8% | 37.2%
| 1995 | 61.5% | 38.5%
| 1998 | 61.9% | 38.1%
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Sources: 1922-1989 data from Edward N. Wolff, Top Heavy (New Press: 1996). 1992-1998 data from Edward N. Wolff, "Recent Trends in Wealth Ownership, 1983-98," Jerome Levy Economics Institute, April 2000.
Compared to other Western countries, this "lopsided" distribution of wealth is very pronounced in the United States. Nearly the very worst!
country | wealth owned by top 10% |
Switzerland | 71.3% |
United States | 69.8% |
Denmark | 65.0% |
France | 61.0% |
Sweden | 58.6% |
UK | 56.0% |
Canada | 53.0% |
Norway | 50.5% |
Germany | 44.4% |
Finland | 42.3% |
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