Inequality: A Tale of Two Pyramids

[kpete]

On Monday, Oxfam published a startling report showing that the richest 85 people in the world are worth more than the poorest 3.5 billion.



Looking at it I was reminded of another pyramid in a classic poster from the 19th century, which could be a “poetic” rendering of the graph from the Post.




http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/22/10-startling-facts-about-global-wealth-inequality/

http://my.firedoglake.com/seaton/2014/01/24/inequality-a-tale-of-two-pyramids/

[silverweb]

1. There's an updated pyramid, too:

[kpete]

2. wow!

thanks for that,
and peace, to you
kp

[silverweb]

3. Peace to us all.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]If you want more detail, check this link out (just eliminate the space before jpeg):

[face="Arial"]http://endofcapitalism.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/capitalist_system_pyramid_war19oct10. jpeg

[SamKnause]

5. Excellent

Thank you for posting.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

4. K&R n/t