The world’s top incomes

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Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture has an intriguing graphic posted today. It's a historical comparison of the top 1% of income owners in major countries.
It comes from the Paris School of Economics, which is also building an online database to allow you to crunch the numbers some more. Unfortunately, it's not entirely built out yet, although you can do a little playing on it.
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