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The average person today really isn't Rockefeller rich

Rockefeller argument implies wealthiest people should be willing to switch places with a poor person

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Barry Ritholtz | Bloomberg
You are not poor; income inequality is a myth; the middle class is doing just fine.

That seems to be the message coming from numerous right-leaning think tanks, websites and authors.

I was reminded of this yet again over the weekend when I saw another attempt at telling the poor how lucky they are to be alive today. The title of the piece in question says it all: You Are Richer than John D. Rockefeller. Note that last time out, the poor were told they were richer than France’s Louis XIV, debunked by us here; our previous debunking of the