By Derek Thompson – During the Great Recession, the 1% absorbed half of total income losses between 2007 and 2009. But in the first year of the recovery, the top percentile won 93% of all income gains.

As for this recession, Tim Noahputs it beautifully: This recovery has been a luxury item. For the bottom 99%, real income growth over the first two years of the recovery was one-fifth of one percent. The richest percentile saw its income rebound by 11.6%. It is only slightly sensational to point out that the 1%’s income has outgained the rest of the economy by a factor of 58 in the recovery. more> http://tinyurl.com/79e2sly

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