In America, for example, in 1987 the top 1% of taxpayers received 12.3% of all pre-taxincome.
例如在美国,1987年时,纳税最多的那1%人,获得了所有税前收入的12.3%。
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In Britain the share of pre-taxincome flowing to the top 1% of earners more than doubled from 1976 to 2007, from 5.9% to 14.6%, and it has risen in other countries too (see chart 2).