— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 11, 2021
Owning stocks ‘a privilege of the few’: Betterment CEO (yahoo.com)
The aggregate net worth gain of U.S. households in the 12 months through March (Federal Reserve data):
— Bruce Mehlman (@bpmehlman) June 23, 2021
–Bottom half: +36%
–Top half: +33% pic.twitter.com/uxPexCmn9a
Over the last 36 years, income grew by 60% — but that growth wasn’t shared equally across all groups. https://t.co/qTKcBCO2jG
— Peterson Foundation (@pgpfoundation) June 18, 2021
What's behind the $220 billion Black American wage gap?
— Bloomberg Equality (@BBGEquality) June 18, 2021
Shelley Stewart III of @McKinsey discusses with Bloomberg's Karen Toulon on this week's Black in Focus https://t.co/advtvYzV1e pic.twitter.com/0otGcNSvV5
It’s strange that an extra dollar an hour paid to the lowest-earning worker is so much more costly than the extra $50 million paid to a CEO. Seems a functioning political system might figure out a way to use the tax system to reverse that situation. https://t.co/jlOuCeXcx6
— Ron Charles (@RonCharles) June 13, 2021
The richest 0.1% own 17% of stocks
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 18, 2021
The richest 1% own 50% of stocks
The bottom 50% own 0.7% of stocks
Repeat after me:
The stock market is not the economy.
Why Rising Inequality Doesn’t Stimulate Political Action @NiskanenCenter https://t.co/q8B7r2UMJl
— Thomas Edsall (@Edsall) July 14, 2021
Sad! 