How Big is the 1%?

[Donnachaidh]

[unpossibles]

1. I wonder how much larger that dot would be if it included

other "non-income" forms of wealth-generation.

[phantom power]

2. Is it using circle radius as the measure? Because otherwise that seems exaggerated.

As in, the big green disc has an area far greater than 269 times the area of the "middle class American" disc.

[ErikJ]

8. Agreed, more like 4000 times bigger in area

And I heard the difference was 500 times more than the ave. employee.

[Nye Bevan]

3. That would be 3.07 million people, in the USA.

Based on the fact that the population of the USA is 307 million.

[mmonk]

4. As small as their pay is big.

[mmonk]

5. It should be noted that the ones who have made out the most are 0.01%.

Way smaller than 1%.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. They're hoping its "too big to fail".

Sadly, their hopes will probably be fulfilled.

[Zorra]

7. "David, I'd like you to meet Goliath" nt