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Friday, October 28, 2011
The top 1 percent by profession
Notice anything funny about the trends?
Source
: tax data (complete tables at the link; what I display below is truncated). Click for larger versions.
Here is the share of national income by profession.
More interesting would be the top .1 percent, because secular growth in financier representation would be even more apparent.
Here are two more just for fun.
The top 1 percent by profession
Notice anything funny about the trends?
Source
: tax data (complete tables at the link; what I display below is truncated). Click for larger versions.
Here is the share of national income by profession.
More interesting would be the top .1 percent, because secular growth in financier representation would be even more apparent.
Here are two more just for fun.
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