TOP FIFTH IS DISENGAGING FROM EVERYONE WITH
LOWER INCOMES
“Geographic segregation dovetails with the
growing economic
spread
between the top
20 percent and the bottom 80 percent: The top quintile is, in effect, disengaging from everyone
with lower incomes.”
Thomas B. Edsall, “How the Other Fifth Lives,” New York Times,
April 27, 2016, Op-Ed Page.