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"Since then, wealth inequality in America has followed a U-shaped trajectory, declining through the Great Depression until the mid-1980s, then steadily increasing since then. Now, the richest Americans have a share of the country's wealth almost big enough to rival those in the late 1920s, according to a new study" This article shows how the wealthiest people in the United States own a large share of the country's wealth. The article also discusses the income difference between the middle and lower classes. The middle/lower classes earn $84,000, while the income of the upper class is $160,700. Finally, the article shows how almost all of the United States is composed of the lower classes (90%), while the wealthiest control 11.2% of the country's wealth according to the article. 

"In the late 1920s, the top 10 percent of Americans possessed 84 percent of the country's wealth. Since then, wealth inequality in America has followed a U-shaped trajectory, declining through the Great Depression until the mid-1980s, then steadily increasing since then. Now, the richest Americans have a share of the country's wealth almost big enough to rival those in the late 1920s, according to a new study" This article first covers how the unemployment rate in America is going down. But even though less Americans are jobless, it remains true that the top 1% of America is still getting an unrealistically high amount of that wealth. This has been a common theme throughout America and has prompted several people in the lower-middle class to riot.

"Since then, wealth inequality in America has followed a U-shaped trajectory, declining through the Great Depression until the mid-1980s, then steadily increasing since then. Now, the richest Americans have a share of the country's wealth almost big enough to rival those in the late 1920s, according to a new study" This article shows how the wealthiest people in the United States own a large share of the country's wealth. The article also discusses the income difference between the middle and lower classes. The middle/lower classes earn $84,000, while the income of the upper class is $160,700. Finally, the article shows how almost all of the United States is composed of the lower classes (90%), while the wealthiest control 11.2% of the country's wealth according to the article.