And, yes, I DO take it personally: "One-tenth of one percent of the world’s population controls one-quarter of the world’s assets"

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Thursday, June 09, 2005

"One-tenth of one percent of the world’s population controls one-quarter of the world’s assets"

(thanks to think progress for posting these STUNNING numbers...!)

from the top looking down...

According to a new report (the 9th Annual Merrill Lynch/Capgemini World Wealth Report), just over 8 million people worldwide control $31 TRILLION in assets. In other words, one-tenth of one percent of the world’s population controls one-quarter of the world’s assets.

and from the bottom looking up...

3 billion people live on less than 2 bucks a day.

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