7 Countries With Worse Income Inequality Than the United States
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Since the Great Recession, the lopsided distribution of wealth in the United States has been a major concern for everyday Americans, whose wages are stagnating as the rich claim an ever-larger piece of the pie. In fact, the richest of the rich -- the so-called "one-percenters" who gained such notoriety during the "Occupy Wall Street" protests -- now receive about 20% of all pre-tax income in the U.S. There's a common narrative that Donald Trump won the presidential election largely because he promised to level the playing field for the working class.
A reader of today's headlines could be forgiven for thinking that America has the worst income inequality in the world. But the reality is far different.
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