Wealth was quite consolidated when most population were peasants.
The wealth distribution in England in the 1500s had the top 1% controlling roughly 25% of the wealth.
The top 1% in America today controls roughly 32% of the wealth.
Tell us more about the peasants who got significant time off because the ruling class knew endless work resulted in an unhappy populace.
https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_...
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The wealth distribution in England in the 1500s had the top 1% controlling roughly 25% of the wealth.
The top 1% in America today controls roughly 32% of the wealth.
Tell us more about the peasants who got significant time off because the ruling class knew endless work resulted in an unhappy populace.
https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_...