“1-percent” Charts
Americans Favor Government Intervention to Reduce Inequality »
A plurality of Americans are of the opinion that it is 'very important' for the government to introduce policies that…
Think Income Inequality is Bad? Take a Look at Wealth »
While the highest-earning fifth of U.S. families earned 59.1% of all income, the richest fifth held 88.9% of all wealth.…
US Executives on Inequality: Government Must Get Involved »
In a poll that included over 300 US executives from companies with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion, Harris…
CEO Pay in the US is Out of Control »
CEOs, by way of the important and often times stressful roles as leaders of corporations, naturally are expected to earn…
America Keeps People Poor on Purpose »
For more from the latest issue of YES! Magazine, The End of Poverty, see: www.yesmagazine.org/issues/th…
Do Big US Multinationals Actually Have Americans in Mind? »
In a recent Gallup poll, at least half of Americans rated large US multinational companies poorly in several key stewardship…
US Family Income Growth 1947-2008 »
For 30 years America grew together. Our middle class prospered. Our impoverished gained economically. And our wealthiest grew their income…
The World's Massive Inequality, In One Pie Chart »
Just over 8% of the world's population controls over 80% of the world's wealth.
The Koch Brothers Could Buy All 286,629 Houses in Atlanta »
While the median household net worth in the United States stalls at a 43-year low at just under $70,000 including…
Bottom 90% Only Taking Home Half the Annual Income »
The state of economic equality in the US is in dire straits. When including capital gains, the top 10% of…
The 5 Best States to be a Member of the Top 1% »
"A new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) provides further evidence that the serious problem of growing income inequality…
Americans Have No Idea How Bad Inequality Really Is »
If there were one chart that could sum up inequality in the United States and the subdued support there is…
Keeping Wealth for the Few Doesn't Work: US Savings Struggle »
Huge swathes of the richest nation in the history of humanity live with little to no wealth to their name.…
What Are the Causes of Inequality in the United States? »
An overwhelming majority of Americans are of the opinion that the influence of big business and rich individuals on government…
Why is the US Chamber of Commerce Against CEO Wage Reports? »
A new rule requiring corporations to report the pay difference between their CEOs and their median worker has many a…
Besides Taxes, What Bothers You Most About Taxes? »
A majority of Americans have a bone to pick with the federal tax system for allowing wealthy corporations and individuals…
While Wealthy Bathe, Americans Reject Trickle Down Economics »
According to an Oxfam report, the top 1% of the world own 48% of the globe's wealth. This number is…
(Almost) Everybody Has Them: What Are America's Money Woes? »
Nearly 7 in 10 American adults worry that they will not have enough money for retirement. Almost just as many…
After A Year Going Against Public, Republicans Still Strong »
Seemingly, Republican legislators should be in a bad position. They successfully fought against various policy initatives on the Democratic agenda…
TPP Trade Agreement More Harm than Good »
Economic growth from TPP is so small you can't even see it on this graph. At the same time this…
Where Do the Rich Put Their Fun Money? »
Latest sign of our increasingly unequal world: In 1950, 200,000 soccer fans watched the World Cup final in Brazil’s Maracanã…
Percent of Americans Living Large, 1977-2010 »
Can we have equal opportunity in an unequal society? Parents in America’s most affluent 20 percent have the resources to…
How Much Too Much? Our Limitless CEO Pay »
Since 1965, the gap between the compensation of America's top corporate chief executives and average worker pay has widened by…
Income Gap Is Widening . . . But Not Everywhere »
America’s most typical income-earners, analysts at Sentier Research are now estimating, took home this past January 7.3 percent less, after…
USA #1: The World's Widest CEO Pay Inequality »
The number of New York Times articles that mention inequality, notes University of California at Berkeley sociologist Claude Fischer, has…
The World's Nations with the Most Millionaires »
Households holding over $1 million worth of stocks, bonds, and other financial assets make up just 0.9 percent of global…
Great Recession: Great for Our Top 1% »
Back in 1996, the developed world's top 10 percent took home 8.9 times the income of the bottom 10 percent.…
Total Net Worth of 10th Richest American »
The nation's deepest pockets have survived the Great Recession in fine form. By one measure, wealth at America's economic summit…
US Tax System is Moderately Progressive »
The more you make, the more you pay. However, many left-wing pundits claim that our tax system should be even…
The 1% are again getting richer. Should the 99% care? »
Before we start cranking up top tax rates to levels that will almost assuredly hurt economic growth, a few notes…
