Top 1% of u.s. earners now have more wealth than the middle class (media.mas.to)

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/12/06/top-1-american-earners-more-wealth-middle-class/71769832007/

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[-] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 11 months ago

This article linked to this page to explain why they chose that definition of middle class. It's because statisticians like it so yeah, pretty arbitrary.

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