The top 10% owns 87% of the stocks

Re:The top 10% owns 87% of the stocks by datadeft on Monday March 03, 2025 @05:52AM (#43240507)

The peasant had to pay 20% tax and had free housing and food and worked half the amount of hours / year that we work. And they got revolutions. What does it tell about us?

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Re:The top 10% owns 87% of the stocks by tgsovlerkhgsel on Monday March 03, 2025 @06:09AM (#43240600)

> worked half the amount of hours / year that we work

Source? I have some doubts about this claim. Are you sure this doesn't simply measure one form of labor while ignoring another?

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Re:The top 10% owns 87% of the stocks by ceejayoz on Monday March 03, 2025 @06:54AM (#43240882)

There’s a pretty good discussion of this at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/i4igt7/did_p...

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Re:The top 10% owns 87% of the stocks by datadeft on Monday March 03, 2025 @11:37AM (#43243532)

Not really. Check out that reddit thread it goes into details about this topic. It has surprising details.

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