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ffr

(22,670 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2019, 12:05 AM Oct 2019

Global Millionaires--Just 0.9% of Population--Now Own Nearly Half of World's $361 Trillion in Wealth

Global Millionaires—Just 0.9% of Population—Now Own Nearly Half of World's $361 Trillion in Wealth, Study Shows

The bottom 56 percent of the population owns just 1.8 percent of the world's wealth
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That's according to the annual Global Wealth Report released Monday by Credit Suisse, which found that the number of millionaires in the world grew to 47 million between mid-2018 and mid-2019, with the United States leading the world in both new and total millionaires.
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Overall, the report shows the world's millionaires now own a combined $158.3 trillion, or 43.9 percent of all global wealth:
- Common Dreams


Be sure to vote republican again, any candidate other than a democrat or just don't vote, if you're in the 56 percentile that owns just 1.8% of the world's wealth. Republicans will thank you oh so handsomely.
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Global Millionaires--Just 0.9% of Population--Now Own Nearly Half of World's $361 Trillion in Wealth (Original Post) ffr Oct 2019 OP
Someone I know told me that BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #1
How many are Russian cilla4progress Oct 2019 #2
Netflix " The laundry mat " Explains it well California_Republic Oct 2019 #3
As Andrew Yang points out ritapria Oct 2019 #4
2,500 billionaires in the world appalachiablue Oct 2019 #5

BigmanPigman

(51,609 posts)
1. Someone I know told me that
Wed Oct 23, 2019, 12:12 AM
Oct 2019

"Amazon guy didn't pay any taxes" since she just discovered this fact. I think some people are very unaware about what is really going on in the world. People need to wake the fuck up.

 

ritapria

(1,812 posts)
4. As Andrew Yang points out
Wed Oct 23, 2019, 12:42 AM
Oct 2019

These sweethearts are planning to replace us with Machines ……..If we declare complain and seek redress, we're smeared as communist radicals who want to transform the United States into a mega-sized version of Castro's Cuba or lazy malcontents who want "free stuff" ……...The reality is obvious : A greedy, amoral clique in this country and around the world want it all; and they're damn close to getting it all …………..Bernie Sanders is the only candidate calling them out and they hate his guts …………...

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