The distribution of wealth: perception vs reality
Posted: February 24, 2011 Filed under: Miscellaneous, Social and community | Tags: Dan Ariely, equity, Michael Norton, wealth distribution 4 Comments
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).
The Melbourne Urbanist 
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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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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