50 years ago, income inequality was severe in the U.S. It still is
Excerpt from the December 6, 1969 issue of Science News
Over the last half century, the gap between the haves and the have-nots in the United States has persisted.
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Trends in inequality, Science News, December 6, 1969 —
The share of the total national income going to the poorest 20 percent of the [United States] has increased very little in the past 20 years … only from 5.1