According to statistics from Demos, though most of the country suffered somewhat equally during the great recession, the recovery has disproportionally benefited the richest Americans in terms of income growth. In 2010, the first year of the recovery, 93 percent of gains went to the top 1 percent of income earners. The graph below is based on Emmanuel Saez’s latest update to Striking it Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States.
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