The Wealth of the Super Eight - They Earned It and it's Not Bad for the Rest of Us!

Eight richest men are worth the same as HALF the rest of the world: Their £350billion haul is equal to the wealth of 3.6billion people

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The eight richest billionaires have as much wealth as half the world’s population. Analysis by Oxfam shows the tycoons have together amassed fortunes totalling £349.8billion. The planet’s poorest 3.6billion have the same sum between them. ‘This concentration of wealth at the top is holding back the fight to end global poverty,’ the report says, also claiming that executive pay in the UK is out of control.

Comment: Image source from the article. Bernie Sander's view (any surprise?)

Grotesque levels of income and wealth inequality is not just an American issue. It is a global issue. We can do better. We must do better.

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 13, 2017

The other side ... while inequality has increased, extreme poverty has also decreased. Source

Global Extreme Poverty
1990: 37.1% of the world’s population
1999: 29%
2012: 12.8%
2015: 9.6% #Davos

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 18, 2017