The analysis by Gabriel Zucman, a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, estimates that the 19 wealthiest U.S. families now control 1.8%—or $2.6 trillion—of the nation’s total household wealth.

In 2024, those ultrarich households saw the largest single-year wealth increase on record.

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    15 days ago

    They absolutely need a tax cut! It’s disgusting how that number is so low! Image if it was 100 trillion! Image all the pay increases we’d get! All the new good paying job that would be…

    I can’t keep it going… Too funny…

    /wrist