Saturday, October 13, 2007

Income inequality worst since 1920s: Rich getting richer

The super-rich are gobbling up an ever larger piece of the economic pie, and the poor are seeing their share of earnings shrink. New data showing the top 1 percent of Americans are claiming a larger share of national income than at any time since before the Great Depression.

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