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Comment author: gjm 24 June 2016 10:20:39AM -1 points [-]

US culture is extraordinarily spendy, which arguably is good for GDP but bad for individual wealth except for those whose individual wealth benefits from corporate gain (who are mostly well above the median and therefore don't affect the median wealth).