Since 1983, the financial wealth of the bottom 80% is up and that of
the top 1% is down.  How is that re-distributing upwards? I prefer
financial wealth as a measure since it excludes real estate.

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> So if I am reading these stats correctly, and that is debatable after
> the day I've had, it looks like the top 20% has increased wealth
> between 1983 and 2007, and bottom 80% has decreased.  What does that
> say about the so-called redistribution of wealth.  Looks like it got
> redistributed upward.
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>
>> Top 1 percent   Next 19 percent Bottom 80 percent
>> 1983    33.8%   47.5%   18.7%
>> 1989    37.4%   46.2%   16.5%
>> 1992    37.2%   46.6%   16.2%
>> 1995    38.5%   45.4%   16.1%
>> 1998    38.1%   45.3%   16.6%
>> 2001    33.4%   51.0%   15.6%
>> 2004    34.3%   50.3%   15.3%
>> 2007    34.6%   50.5%   15.0%
>>
>>        Financial Wealth
>> Top 1 percent   Next 19 percent Bottom 80 percent
>> 1983    42.9%   48.4%   8.7%
>> 1989    46.9%   46.5%   6.6%
>> 1992    45.6%   46.7%   7.7%
>> 1995    47.2%   45.9%   7.0%
>> 1998    47.3%   43.6%   9.1%
>> 2001    39.7%   51.5%
>
> 

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