The comic strip “Pearls Before Swine” today presents a completely misleading account of wealth distribution in the US.
In fact, the richest one percent of Americans are not wealthier than the bottom 95 percent combined. They are only wealthier than the bottom 90 percent combined.
(Source: The Federal Reserve Board: “Currents and Undercurrents: Changes in the Distribution of Wealth, 1989–2004,” page 12 [pdf])
