Hard Times for the ‘One Percent’?

The Takeaway

Much has been made of the top one percent of American wage earners in recent headlines. The Occupy movements have made them the living embodiment of the nation’s growing income inequality. But, new federal tax data shows that the story may be slightly more complicated than we originally thought. Louise Story, Wall Street and finance reporter for The New York Times, looks at income inequality and financial crises.

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