▲ 189 ▼ The economy (thelemmy.club) submitted 11 months ago by DancingBear@midwest.social to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments If you divided all the stocks issued in the US stock markets by issue number and put them in a basket, chose one randomly, there is an 87% chance that that specific stock belongs to someone in the top 10% of wealth in the country. There’s either millions or billions of stocks in existence, but this is still true.
[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (7 children) What happened in 1973? permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 child) What happened in 1971? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago That certainly raises more questions than answers! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago The Vietnam War is winding down which depleted the US treasury. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DancingBear@midwest.social [S] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children) Maybe that’s when the neoliberals (dems and republicans started making America grate again? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) Wait, they stopped selling shredded cheese in 1973? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DancingBear@midwest.social [S] 3 points 11 months ago permalink fedilink source parent [+] DancingBear@midwest.social [S] 1 point 11 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 child) What happened in 1971? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago That certainly raises more questions than answers! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago That certainly raises more questions than answers! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago The Vietnam War is winding down which depleted the US treasury. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DancingBear@midwest.social [S] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children) Maybe that’s when the neoliberals (dems and republicans started making America grate again? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) Wait, they stopped selling shredded cheese in 1973? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DancingBear@midwest.social [S] 3 points 11 months ago permalink fedilink source parent [+] DancingBear@midwest.social [S] 1 point 11 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) Wait, they stopped selling shredded cheese in 1973? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DancingBear@midwest.social [S] 3 points 11 months ago permalink fedilink source parent [+] DancingBear@midwest.social [S] 1 point 11 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent