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comment by rob05c
rob05c  ·  3576 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Inequality Has Actually Not Risen Since the Financial Crisis

I'm not convinced the numbers mean inequality is lower, either. The wealthy may have less on paper than before the crash, but they have the same stock. So presumably when the stock market does recover, they'll have as much as they did. They have less capital, but more potential.