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Rich Got Richer Post-Recession

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The income gains were uneven.

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The spoils still go to the victors. The recovery from the Great Recession has favored the wealthy, according to a new article by Labor Department economist Aaron Cobet. Data shows that the top 20 percent of earners received more than 80 percent of the rise in household income between 2008 and 2012. For the bottom 20 percent, income fell.

Read it at Bureau of Labor Statistics