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Wealth Distribution: Actual vs. Perceived *and* Desired
Very interesting study. It asks, "What do you think the distribution of wealth is?" and "What do you think it should be?"
October 7, 2010
The term wealth inequality refers to the unequal distribution of financial assets among a group of people. In the U.S., the top 20 percent of people have 85 percent of the wealth. Harvard professor Michael Norton, co-author of a forthcoming paper on misconceptions about wealth equality, talks to Steve Inskeep about what Americans think they know about wealth inequality.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130395070&ps=cprs
