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Re:Charlie Munger: Turning $2M Into $2T by mcguire on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @03:43PM (#37589059)
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publicatio...

"The median household wealth in 2021 was $166,900. The 10th percentile of household wealth was zero dollars, meaning 1 in 10 households had wealth of zero dollars or less. The 90th percentile of household wealth was $1,623,000, meaning 1 in 10 households had wealth exceeding $1.6 million."

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Re:Charlie Munger: Turning $2M Into $2T by xyzelement on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @06:14PM (#37590884)
We live in an amazing country. Presumably some of the <0 folks are recent grads with student debt etc rather than the classical poor as well.
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Re:Charlie Munger: Turning $2M Into $2T by kjkjadksj on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @10:00PM (#37592426)
Plenty of classic poor too. 4 in 10 americans can’t cover a $400 expense without selling assets or taking on debt.
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