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The 9.9%
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The Atlantic magazine argues that the real problem is not the 1%, but the 9.9% -- what they term the "new aristocracy".

The wealth transfer in the past few decades (in the US) has been primarily from the bottom 90% to the 9.9%:
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And as the article describes, it's less of a meritocracy than it appears, with limited social mobility:
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It's worth a read, here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...cy/559130/
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The 9.9% - by tomh009 - 07-05-2018, 11:13 AM
RE: The 9.9% - by Viewfromthe42 - 07-05-2018, 11:52 AM
RE: The 9.9% - by tomh009 - 07-05-2018, 11:59 AM
RE: The 9.9% - by jamincan - 07-05-2018, 12:09 PM
RE: The 9.9% - by Viewfromthe42 - 07-05-2018, 12:55 PM
RE: The 9.9% - by tomh009 - 07-05-2018, 01:05 PM

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