13 Staggering Facts About The Global Super Rich


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The world economy may still be in the doldrums, --, according to a new global wealth report from --. And more than ever, that figure is concentrated at the top of the pile. A mere 0.5% of the world's population owns an eye-popping 38.5% of its total wealth.
As protests against the "1%" continue to rage on in downtown Manhattan and cities across the globe, we're taking a look at how wealth is distributed and which countries are increasing their share of the world's richest people.
The charts are from Credit Suisse's 2011 Global Wealth Report. --.



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And they are all so greedy (with rare exceptions) that they live their lives without caring one iota about the poor and the starving of their countries. For everytime a country like our own sends money to bail out other countries, there is less and less here for the homeless and higher and higher taxes. The rich get richer - life is as always.
 

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