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Income share shifts from bottom 80% to top 20%, but almost all income gains actually accrued to the very top 1%

Change in income shares, pre- and post-tax, 1979-2005

Chart: Change in income shares, pre- and post-tax, 1979-2005
Updated January 26, 2011

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