1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgClark Williams-Derryhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/clark-williams-derry/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="p9tFMpcy0S"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2007/12/19/income-inequality-the-graphs-speak-for-themselves/">Income Inequality: The Graphs Speak For Themselves</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2007/12/19/income-inequality-the-graphs-speak-for-themselves/embed/#?secret=p9tFMpcy0S" width="600" height="338" title="“Income Inequality: The Graphs Speak For Themselves” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="p9tFMpcy0S" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Via Kevin Drum, here’s a doozy of a chart developed by blogger Afferent Input, comparing how the top income earners are faring, compared with everyone else. The left axis on the chart represents how the distribution of income has changed, from 1979 to the present. The various lines break down the trends by income group. […]http://bp0.blogger.com/_JY-rIL8plNM/R2LwtDQkPLI/AAAAAAAAAC0/aOXk34r-YGo/s400/Slide4.JPG