Fault Lines: Learning More About The Top 1 Percent Of America

The richest 1% of US Americans earn nearly a quarter of the country’s income and control an astonishing 40% of its wealth. Inequality in the US is more extreme than it’s been in almost a century — and the gap between the super rich and the poor and middle class people has widened drastically over the last 30 years.

This episode of Fault Lines first aired on Al Jazeera English on August 2, 2011 at 0930 GMT.