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# Britain and the US are poor societies with some very rich people
- URL: https://werd.io/britain-and-the-us-are-poor-societies-with-some-very/
- Published: 2022-09-16T21:20:23.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-16T21:20:23.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

“The rich in the US are exceptionally rich — the top 10 per cent have the highest top-decile disposable incomes in the world, 50 per cent above their British counterparts. But the bottom decile struggle by with a standard of living that is worse than the poorest in 14 European countries including Slovenia.” [#Society](https://werd.io/tag/Society)

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