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Wealth inequality in America just hit its widest gap in three decades. (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Only three decades? I would've thought it was a lot more (at least going back to the Gilded Age, if not including it).

the highest share on record since the Federal Reserve began tracking household wealth in 1989

...oh. For all we know, maybe it is.