bibliolater ,
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How much of national income goes to the richest 1%?

You might expect these numbers to be strongly correlated to a country’s level of economic development. But this isn’t always the case. In the United States, for example, 1% of its population takes home 21% of national income. This is relatively high globally.

https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/how-much-of-national-income-goes-to-the-richest1

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the5thColumnist ,
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That lighter orange on the top half of North America is something Pierre Poilievre will fix.

Sanderde ,
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Red makes sense south of the border. In Canada it should turn blue when the rich get richer.

alessandro ,
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@bibliolater @economics I knew it was bad in the USA, but didn't realize it was as bad as Russia. Yikes

bibliolater OP ,
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According to the the comes in at 20.87% while comes in at 23.76% so there is a 2.89% difference.

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