technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 3 days agoAmerican Wealth, Sliced Uplemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageAmerican Wealth, Sliced Uplemmy.dbzer0.comtechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square17linkfedilinkfile-text
We’re having a pizza party with 100 guests! Let’s divvy up the slices the way wealth is divided among American households. https://kottke.org/26/05/american-wealth-sliced-up
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-23 days ago https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60807 families in the top 10 percent of the distribution held 60 percent of all wealth families in the top 1 percent of the distribution held 27 percent one trillion = 1,000 billions ~$2 trillion in 5 people: Elon, Larry page, Sergey Brin, Jeff bezos, Larry Ellison https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/ 5 people own 10% of the wealth?
minus-squarepixxelkick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoThat sounds closer to the numbers I know of
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60807
one trillion = 1,000 billions
~$2 trillion in 5 people: Elon, Larry page, Sergey Brin, Jeff bezos, Larry Ellison https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/
5 people own 10% of the wealth?
That sounds closer to the numbers I know of