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Re:Businesses are in for a mighty debt hangover by robertlagrant on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @10:24AM (#35975611)
The silliness aside, the answer is in the link:

> For the denominator, we use changes in the reported wealth of the Forbes 400 to estimate the income of the 400 wealthiest families.

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Re:Businesses are in for a mighty debt hangover by sershe on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @01:51PM (#35978886)
So in other words it's completely bogus, at the very least due to unrealized capital gains, and probably thru few more fudge factors like what is "reported" wealth?
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Re:Businesses are in for a mighty debt hangover by robertlagrant on Thursday May 18, 2023 @04:21AM (#35985306)
It does seem disingenuous to use a percentage, when the error bars are likely an order of magnitude either side of the stated figure.
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