I find myself reading two things today: the excellent biography of Steve Jobs recently published by Walter Isaacson and also the celebrated report on income inequality published by the CBO. The CBO report under the signature of its director, Doug Elmendorf, offers a lengthy comparison of the distribution of U.S. incomes by comparing different income classes in 1979 until 2007. There is a heavy emphasis the report on the "Top 1 Percent" in its charts and talking points, but I am bothered by a simple question. Is Steve Jobs in the "Top 1 Percent"?
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