Keep in mind, that this statistic doesn't necessarily mean that the top 10% own a lot of wealth. if the bottom 89% owns a total of 10$ worth of wealth then the

Keep in mind, that this statistic doesn't necessarily mean that the top 10% own a lot of wealth. if the bottom 89% owns a total of 10$ worth of wealth then the top 10% isn't doing any better. take all that wealth and calculate what it would be if it was divided by 300 million people and then divide that number by the number of years it takes to acquire that wealth and you'll find, it's not very much wealth at all.