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The Democratization Of The Stock Market That Never Happened

The Democratization Of The Stock Market That Never Happened

By Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute— Despite minute­-by-­minute dissection of the stock market in the news media, the share of the population of the United States owning stock is surprisingly low. Even when including shares purchased indirectly through retirement accounts, in 2010, less than half (46.9%) of all households had stock holdings. Less than a […]