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Old 07-12-2012, 08:50 AM   #890
Undertoad
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Originally Posted by UT
The gain from 2003-2007 is rather large, but if we continue this graph from 2007-2011, I assure you the drop-off will be similarly massive.

The economics reason for this is simple:

During good times, everybody gets richer, but the rich get richer at a much faster rate. During bad times, everybody gets poorer, but the rich get poorer at a much faster rate.
The data for 2008-2009 is in today.

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