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9/17/10: The Income Gap

Image by j.d. welch/Creative Commons via flickr
Image by j.d. welch/Creative Commons via flickr

By Jennifer Napier-Pearce

Salt Lake City, Utah – Back in the days of the Rockefellers, the Vanderbilts and the Carnegies, America's richest 1 percent accounted for 18 percent of the nation's income. Today, the richest 1 percent are getting 24 percent. Slate.com's Timothy Noah has been writing an extensive analysis of the reasons behind this dramatic income disparity and on Friday, he joins guest host Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk about the distribution of wealth and why it matters to all of us.

  • Read Timothy Noah's series on income inequality at Slate.com

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