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		something98 53 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anatomy of US inequality I think your historic trend data is out of date. The inflation-adjusted median wealth crossed the 2007 bar sometime between 2019 and 2022. See the "CPI-Adjusted to 2022" column https://dqydj.com/net-worth-by-year/

AnotherGoodName 53 days ago [–]

I'm not sure why that 2022 number is so much higher than the previous years listed.

I guess the stimulus checks and stock market movements during the pandemic brought the median and average closer together for a year? Regardless it didn't hold, it's back below 2007's level again today by any measure.

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