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Wealth Inequality in America

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Labor, work & inequalityData visualization & information design

What it is

A short infographic video on the distribution of wealth in America, contrasting what people believe, what they consider ideal, and the actual numbers. It highlights how top-heavy US wealth is.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters drop it whenever wealth inequality comes up, as a quick visual of the gap between perceived and actual distribution.

  • 8 people recommended it
  • 8 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “it's very enlightening.”

    Compares what Americans think wealth distribution is, versus reality and ideal.

    chii, 2017-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Living in a parking lot in Santa Barbara”

  2. “a friend just sent me this video link about income inequality - an eye opener!”

    Infographic video on income inequality.

    mark_l_watson, 2013-03 · Recommendation · in “Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos”

  3. “This is a cool video I saw a while back that shows the current issue”

    Shows the current distribution of wealth concentration visually.

    SapphireSun, 2015-04 · Recommendation · in “College for the masses”

  4. “This short info-graphic video makes is pretty clear how dramatically top heavy wealth distribution in the U.S. is”

    Short infographic comparing ideal, perceived and actual US wealth distribution.

    voidlogic, 2016-03 · Recommendation · in “Make elites compete: Why the 1% earn so much and what to do about it”

  5. “Infographic video of how bad it really is”

    Infographic of how bad wealth concentration is.

    bigtrakzapzap, 2019-08 · Recommendation · in “It's Gotten Too Hard to Strike It Rich in America”

  6. “the Infographics video on the disconnect between perceived distribution, desired distribution and actual distribution”

    Infographic on perceived, desired and actual wealth distribution.

    anonsivalley652, 2020-02 · Recommendation · in “In just 23 days, Bill Gates will earn back $747M Spent on Superyacht”

  7. “Another infographic video about the distribution of wealth in reality vs. perceived reality vs. desired”

    Infographic of wealth distribution in reality versus perceived and desired.

    errcorrectcode, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs”

  8. “shows the gap between people (like you) think the wealth distribution is vs the reality”

    Shows gap between believed and actual wealth distribution.

    sangnoir, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “‘America does so much more to subsidise affluence than alleviate poverty’”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: inequality, infographic, us economy, wealth distribution

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