Share 'Power in America: Wealth,Income and Power'

CEOs' pay as a multiple of the average worker's pay The Wealth Distribution In the United States, wealth is highly concentrated in a relatively few hands. As of 2001, the top 1% of households (the upper class) owned 33.4% of all privately held wealth, and the next 19% (the managerial, professional, and small business stratum) had 51%, which means that just 20% of the people owned a remar...