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Recent survey shows inequality in the US is at its new peak. The richest 1 percent of the population received almost a fifth of the national householdsâ income in 2012, thus breaking the previous record set in 1928.
Recent survey shows inequality in the US is at its new peak. The richest 1 percent of the population received almost a fifth of the national householdsâ income in 2012, thus breaking the previous record set in 1928.