The ownership of wealth among households in the U.S. became somewhat more concentrated in the 1980s and 1990s. The top 10% of households controlled 68.3 percent of the total wealth in 1983 and 71.5% of the total wealth in 2001.
Source:
Edward N. Wolff, 2006. Changes in Household Wealth in the 1980s and 1990s in the U.S.” in Edward N. Wolff, ed. International Perspectives on Household Wealth. Northampton, Mass: Edward Elgar.
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Concentration of wealth in the U.S. between 1983 and 2001