Top 0.00001% of Americans now capture 12% of total U.S. income

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A minuscule fraction of Americans now controls wealth equivalent to nearly 12% of the total U.S. national income generated in a single year, according to a recent Financial Times report. Economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman show that since the 1980s, the value of stocks, real estate, and private enterprises has significantly outpaced wage growth, a dynamic amplified by the tech sector's network effects and the recent AI boom. While exact figures rely on difficult-to-estimate private company valuations, the underlying trend is undeniable, making long-term investing a crucial necessity for everyday individuals to avoid structural exclusion from wealth creation. The report warns that this trajectory makes future fiscal, social, political, and antitrust tensions increasingly unavoidable.

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