NY Times:
Fig. 1: Summary of relative genetic and environmental influences on political traits from the “Trends in Genetics” report by Peter K. Hatemi and Rose McDermott.
The chart illustrates the authors’ estimate of the relative proportion of genetic (purple) and environmental (green) influences, and the level of combined (brown) genetic and environmental influences.
From WaPo
Here’s what that means in dollar terms: “In 2010, according to Wolff’s analysis, the stock holdings of the middle fifth were worth about $9,000. The holdings of the top 10% were worth $500,000, and those of the top 1%: $3.5 million.”
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/the-cost-of-living-blues/?ref=opinion

Income and Worth Decline
From Think Progress: stunning.
And Digby over at Hullabaloo has some really interesting takes on inequality.