Increasing inequity in income in the U.S.

The difference between rich and poor in the United States gradually opens up. According to a survey in the United States in one of the richest group, compared with an average income of Americans with a fortune of more than 225 times.


Central Washington Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has established his research, gradually deepening the gap between rich and poor in the United States revealed.

According to the study, the richest one per cent cut in the U.S. within one, with an average income of 225 times richer than Americans. The difference between rich and poor in the U.S. for the first time since 1962, so it opens up.

According to a previous calculation made in 2007, income 181 times higher than the wealthy citizens of the normal cut.

In the 60 years 125'di this difference. The study reveals that this figure since the 1960s, almost 2 katlandığını.

Impact of recession

On the other hand the figures, the rich also affected by the recession in the U.S. economy in recent years shows.

In 2009, one of the most wealthy in the percentage of assets was calculated as an average of 14 million dollars. This reduction means that 27 per cent compared to 2007.

The remaining 99 percent of the average wealth of the middle class sector decreased by 41 percent compared to 2007 decreased to 62 thousand 200 dollars.