Jamie Dimon: the wealth gap is a huge problem

America's wealthy have been getting wealthier, says Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase. The rest of the population hasn't kept pace.

Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase

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The wealth gap in the US is "a huge problem," says Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of investment bank JPMorgan Chase. Dimon, who made $31m last year and has been singled out for criticism by Democrat Elizabeth Warren, told Lesley Stahl in an interview for CBS News: "The wealthy have been getting wealthier... middle class incomes have been kind of flat for maybe 15 years or so and that's not particularly good in America." One big issue, he argues, is that "we haven't done a good job growing our economy. That would've fixed a lot of that problem."

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