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“The top 1% have accrued 52% of the real income growth in America since 2009”
— Apr 23, 2026 08:17AM
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“The ratio of CEO to worker pay rose from 20 to 1 in 1965 to 271 to 1 in 2016”
— Apr 23, 2026 08:16AM
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“Corporate profitability has soared to record highs, workers are earning less. The share of GDP going to wages has fallen from almost 54% in 1970 to 44% in 2013, while the share going to corporate profits went from 4% to 11%.”
“The chance that an American born in 1990 will earn more than their parents are down to 50%; for Americans born in 1940 that same figure was 92%”
— Apr 23, 2026 08:15AM
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“The chance that an American born in 1990 will earn more than their parents are down to 50%; for Americans born in 1940 that same figure was 92%”
