Jim Siegel’s piece in the Columbus Dispatch highlights findings from the EARN report that Policy Matters released in Ohio, Increasingly Unequal States of America: Income Inequality by State.
The Economic Analysis and Research Network, a group that supports issues such as increased investment in education and a higher minimum wage, found that the share of income held by the top 1 percent declined in 49 states between 1928 and 1979, but there has since been a sharp reversal.
…. In 2011, the report said the average income for the top 1 percent in Ohio was $699,693, compared with $38,583 for the other 99 percent