Figure 2: The actual US wealth distribution plotted against the estimated and ideal distributions across all respondents. | Nature Human Behaviour

Figure 2: The actual US wealth distribution plotted against the estimated and ideal distributions across all respondents.

From: Why people prefer unequal societies

Figure 2

Because of their small percentage share of total wealth, both the fourth 20% value (0.2%) and the bottom 20% value (0.1%) are not visible in the actual distribution. Figure adapted with permission from ref. 11, SAGE.

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