People tend to underestimate just how wealthy the world’s richest individuals are, a new study reveals. Increasing income inequality in many countries is being driven by massive gains among the top 1% of earners.
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https://phys.org/news/2024-09-people-underestimate-income.html
People selectively underestimate how rich the world's richest people are, according to a study. Increasing income inequality in many countries is driven by steep gains among the top 1% of earners. In the United States, support for policies that would redistribute wealth has not increased since the 1970s, even as the share of incomes held by the top 1% of Americans jumped from 10% to 19%.
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