This Chart Shows How Rich People Make Their Money Totally Differently From Everyone Else

Last night, Justin Wolfers Tweeted a chart from Visualizing Economics' Catherine Mulbrandon showing Lorenz curves by income source: labor, capital, business and capital gains. It basically shows that different parts of the population get their income way differently than others — and that the top 20% gets at least half of all income types. It also shows that the rich account for the overwhelming majority of all capital gains income in the country, and that everyone else fights for the scraps. ...