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Noting that previous studies showed political influence to be proportionate to wealth, they calculated, in a manner they admitted to be speculative, that each member of the Forbes 400 exerted 59,619 times as much political influence as the average member of the bottom 90 percent in income distribution.
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Forbes 400 member exerted 59619 times more political influence than average bottom 90 percent member.
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Page and Seawright
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News Article
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{
    "list": "Forbes 400",
    "year": "2014",
    "metric": "political influence",
    "source": "follow-up paper",
    "study_focus": "billionaires",
    "comparison_group": "bottom 90 percent in income distribution"
}
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Politics Economics Wealth
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9fdb4187-ff15-408c-ac19-9e57f7898e27
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Created
September 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM (4 days ago)
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September 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM (4 days ago)

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