Good point. It gives wrong impression the same 1% in 1979 got fatter in 2007.

送交者: ASH 于 2011-10-27, 09:48:38:

回答: top 1% measured in 2007 or 1979? 由 2cents 于 2011-10-27, 09:32:00:

But the top 1% is of course not static, it's just that more and more income and wealth are distributed to the top 1%.

There are other studies showing that it's getting harder to move upward.