The Upshot from the NY Times put together a great data visualization that illustrates the concept of rising economic inequality.
The American Middle Class is No Longer the World's Richest.
To find the data viz, click on the link and scroll about midway through the article. There is a graphic called "Americans Incomes are Losing Their Edge, Except at the Top".
The purple lines highlight changes in income in the US. Each of the gray lines represents another country; hovering your mouse over the gray lines will highlight a comparison country.
The graph clearly shows that while incomes have risen across the board, the patterns of income growth in the US look very different than the patterns in other nations.
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