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Here's something I read today in this month's Atlantic: "Many of today’s super-rich started out in the middle and make most of their money through work, not in
by DavidAdams 15y ago
Here's something I read today in this month's Atlantic:
"Many of today’s super-rich started out in the middle and make most of their money through work, not inheritance. Ninety-five years ago, the richest 1 percent of Americans received only 20 percent of their income from paid work; in 2004, that income proportion had tripled, to 60 percent. "
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-14-biggest-ideas-of-the-year/8556/12/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-14-b...