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# Evolution of the Distribution of Wealth
- URL: https://ivn.us/evolution-of-the-distribution-of-wealth/
- Published: 2012-10-31T22:22:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:34:34.000Z
- Author: Lucas Eaves
- Tags: News

[![Evolution of the distrubution of wealth](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/evolution-of-the-distribution-of-wealth-98800.jpg)](https://ivn.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/evolution-of-the-distribution-of-wealth-98800.gif)

The Occupy Wall Street movement highlighted the disparity of wealth between the rich and the poor in America, with the now famous gap between the 1% and the 99%.

This simplification has been criticized. However, the reality is that in the past 30 years, the percentage of wealth owned by a small percentage of the population has increase extensively.

This infographic, provided by Forensic Accounting, analyses the evolution of the distribution of wealth and shows that today 1% do really possess most of the wealth in the United States.