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		physcab on May 3, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why it's hard to share the wealth Does anyone know when they say "the rich are getting richer" does that mean between generations of wealthy families, or within the same generation?

jerf on May 3, 2009 [–]

Generally people mean "the top 1% of society at the moment in time we are discussing".

IIRC, there is actually quite a bit of circulation in that set, but I can't seem to google up the studies on that I saw (I can't come up with non-generic search terms). This mollifies some people and others consider it irrelevant.

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