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micromacrofootyesterday at 4:57 PM1 replyview on HN

The linked view of the chart is distributed by income percentile, the title is "Wealth by income percentile"


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gruezyesterday at 5:05 PM

>The linked view of the chart is distributed by income percentile, the title is "Wealth by income percentile"

That's still measuring wealth, not income. The correct statement to draw from the chart is that top 1% by income have nearly as much wealth as the bottom 80%.