Only 2 percent of the top 1 percent are black, compared to 10 percent of the rest of the population. Gallup came up with these numbers by looking at 61 national surveys from Jan. 2009 to Nov. 2011 ...

Two new studies offer detailed looks into the top 1 percent, their beliefs and how they participate in the political process. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree ...

Given all the fuss we've had this past year over the 1 percent and the 99 percent, Occupy Wherever and so on, I thought it would be interesting to pull out the statistics for who actually are that ...

In part two of the “Black 1 Percent” series, we get the perspectives of black Wall Street, and discover that they often identify with the 99 percent, and believe they are unfairly tarred with ...

The majority of the 1 percent are beneficiaries of good luck — but good luck they put themselves in a position to receive. Focus on daily goals Roughly two-thirds of the rich in my study focused ...

Over time, the Top 1% has claimed a bigger share of the income pie. In 2007, they earned 22.8% of the nation's income, more than double the amount in 1986, according to IRS data.

1 percent of people cause 50 percent of airline emissions around the world. So who are they? by Anagha Srikanth | Nov. 18, 2020 | Nov. 18, 2020 ...

The 1 percent vs. the 99 percent may not be a perfect shorthand for what ails the economy, but it’s a whole lot more useful than what they’ve offered up. 1 Really Reeves, since I can’t find ...

They are getting the sense that the 0.1 percent is its own hyper-elite club, and lower-uppers are not invited to the party. The 0.1 percent has pulled away because at the tippy top, ...

The glass ceiling is even higher in the penthouse. Women earn enough on their own to qualify for 1 percent status in just one of every 22 top-earning households, new research shows. The gap hasn't ...

Among members of the top 0.1 percent, the researchers found, ... They found that New York City was just about the least happy. Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco also scored low.