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[–] 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    60% of the US population is like 200 million. 1% of the global population is 80 million. Your maths is way off.

    I'd assume something closer to 6% of the US are in the top 1%.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh the second source was household income rather than individual, putting the percentage at about 37% of us households are in the globally top 1%.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    Still doesn't add up. 37% of the US population is 120 million. 1% of the global population is still 80 million.

    Are you comparing US household income to global individual income? If that's the case I can see your percentages working, but that comparison doesn't make much sense so I'm still lost.

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