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Memo to Robert Reich: Should we care what the top 1% earn?

September 6, 2015 By Nicholas Kerr 1 Comment

[Originally posted on Facebook, September 6, 2010] Robert Reich’s Labor Day blog referred to the following fact:  ‎”In the late 1970s, the richest 1 percent of American families took in about 9 percent of the nation’s total income; by 2007, the top 1 percent took in 23.5 percent of total income.”  He used this data point […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: 1 percent, Robert Reich, Walter Williams

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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