Viral Video on America’s Incredibly Skewed distribution of Wealth

Juan Cole 03/25/2013

A fascinating video on America’s incredibly skewed wealth distribution, with the top 1% owning 40% and the bottom 40% almost nothing:

and it’s getting worse over time!

h/t WaPo’s Ezra Klein

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment and Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him at @jricole.