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by michaelmarkell 156 days ago
That's approximately ~15.3M USD per person in the top 1% assuming 340 million americans
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scottious 156 days ago
correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it just 1% of Americans, not globally?
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michaelmarkell 156 days ago
You're 100% right, thanks! Updated my comment.
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rayiner 156 days ago
EDIT: Sorry, thought that was $15 million per American.
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floxy 156 days ago
top 1%. So 52e12 / (0.01 * 340e6). I'm betting the mean and median are quite different.
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