If there were just 100 Americans, and America’s total wealth equaled $100, that $100 would be distributed like this: Poorest Americans
Richest Americans
The poorest 50 Americans The next 40 poorest Americans
The next 9 Americans
The single richest American
would have $37.70
would have $33.80
would have $26.00 would have $2.50
Of the total $100 in America, each of these 50 Americans would have a nickel each.
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And since there is just one of them, they would have all of it. Out of the total $100, they would each have 65 cents
They would each have $3.85