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To: parsifal
...the author concentrates on the top 1%. I wonder what the numbers are there

Pretty much all the Census Bureau stuff I saw concentrated on population quintiles and the top 5%. That's what's hard about this stuff unless you are a full-time specialist in economic statistics---it's hard to find numbers that match up exactly.

One other problem with a lot of these calculations (shooting down my own table, now): some of the figures are in terms of household income, and other figures are dealing with individuals. I would think the trends would move in the same direction for these but it's a complicating factor.

40 posted on 01/19/2002 10:48:10 AM PST by AzJohn
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To: AzJohn
I agree. Plus, so many researchers, both left and right, seem more interested in proving their point than figuring out the truth. parsy.
43 posted on 01/19/2002 10:58:03 AM PST by parsifal
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