Is this the year you join the top one percent? Affluence more fluid than once thought
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 16:50
in Biology & Nature
Here's some good news for the New Year: According to new research, there's a 1 in 9 chance that a typical American will hit the jackpot and join the wealthiest 1 percent for at least one year in her or his working life. And now the bad news: That same research says only an elite few get to stay in that economic stratosphere -- and nonwhite workers remain among those who face far longer odds.