This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Income gap widens as top 1 percent pull ahead in 2015
The top 1 percent saw average income rise 7.7 percent to 1.36 million, while the bottom 99 percent gained 3.9 percent to 48,768 after inflation. The wealthiest 0.1 percent climbed about 9 percent to 6.75 million, underscoring growing inequality per Saez and Piketty. The analysis relies on IRS data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Emmanuel Saez
University of California, Berkeley
Saez
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Thomas Piketty
IRS
Hollywood
Mutua Funds
Wl -Mo
AmBalAm
CapIncBuAm
CoWidGrlAm
FninvAm
GrthAmAm
IncAmerAm
American Funds
InvCoAmAm
Newpersoa m
Wamutinva m
Dodge & Cox Income
Dodge & Cox IntlStk
Dodge & Cox Stock
Fidelity
Frank Temp-Franklin Income Am
PIMCO
HBC
Rowe
Vanguard
Vanguard Intistkldxipis
Vanguard MulntAdm
Vanguard PrmepAdm
Vanguard Stgradeact
Vanguard WellslAdm
Vanguard WelltAdm
HHA
Vanguard WndsllAdm
SEC
Unis