Gap between America’s wealthiest and everyday citizens is biggest in generations
www.the-independent.com
The U.S. economy is increasingly bifurcating, with high gas prices and employment issues hitting lower-income households, while the richest Americans enjoy tax cuts and a soaring stock market

U.S. wealth inequality is the highest it has been in nearly four decades, according to federal data, as the economy under the Trump administration appears to increasingly favor the rich.

As of late 2025, the top 1 percent of households held 31.7 percent of wealth, the highest share on record since the Federal Reserve began tracking the figure in 1989.

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    I know many people that struggle to meet their basic needs. I actually could be investing, but I have moral qualms about supporting or profiting from almost any of the companies in those index funds-- certainly the ones that make real returns.