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Re:Americans Now Need at Least $500k a Year to Enter Top 1% by cannonedhamster on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:28PM (#21278107)
Am I missing something? There's nothing other than the top 10.
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Re:Americans Now Need at Least $500k a Year to Enter Top 1% by elsewhen on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:48PM (#21278222)
the money-quote from this article as it pertains to this discussion is: "In 1984, less than half the people on The Forbes 400 were self-made; in 2018, 67% of the 400 created their own fortunes."

here is the full list of the forbes 400: https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

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