What wealth do you think you needed to hold to be in the 1% 100 years ago? Can we agree that it is a lot less than today? The 1% back then didn't have to worr

What wealth do you think you needed to hold to be in the 1% 100 years ago? Can we agree that it is a lot less than today? The 1% back then didn't have to worry about the price of milk back then either. They still have to worry about inflation though, because if they dont.if their wealth doesn't keep up with inflation they are getting less wealthy. If you have 100 million today you can't just sit back and not worry about your family ever working again, because eventually a house will cost 100 million. Then the car will, then eventually the milk will too. If you have 100 million in the bank and a pint of milk costs 100 million you are no longer wealthy, it doesn't matter what basket of goods they buy.