Let’s celebrate math—and fight inequality
March 14 is Pi Day. It’s a day (3.14, naturally) to celebrate the amazing number pi, which goes on forever without repeating. More broadly, it’s a day to appreciate mathematics and get better acquainted with the power of numbers.
Here’s a powerful number, one that all Americans should get better acquainted with: the shocking level of wealth inequality in the U.S.
The top 1% now own over 30% of the nation’s wealth, while the bottom 50% own just 2.4%. And the bottom 40% own 1%—practically nothing. Americans should get better acquainted with numbers like these because, well, they’re not now. They think wealth inequality is much less severe than it really is.

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