Looking at the 1%: Trends in The Distribution of Household Income

Posted bySteven Hansen 3 Comments on Looking at the 13: Trends in The Distribution of Household Income

Trends in The Distribution of Household Income, 1979–2009

Presentation by  Ed Harris, Principal Analyst and Frank Sammartino, Assistant Director for Tax Analysis to the NBER Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

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3 replies on “Looking at the 1%: Trends in The Distribution of Household Income”

  1. This tells you only half the story – the other half lies in the other 30 years before 1979 – a story that has been conveniently omitted!

  2. I notice that the 1% declined under Bush & Reagan… and improved under Clinton–and even Obama the corporatist/pseudo-socialist/reformer of “business as usual”/”man of the people” (yeah right).

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