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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Wednesday, 9 October 2013 [View all]xchrom
(108,903 posts)23. Pyramid Shows How All The World's Wealth Is Distributed And The Gigantic Gap Between Rich And Poor
http://www.businessinsider.com/global-wealth-pyramid-2013-10
Here's a great little visualizer of how the world's wealth is broken down among the ultra-super-rich, the super-rich, the rich, and everyone else.
It's from Credit Suisse (via @FGoria) and it shows how 32 million people, representing 0.7% of the world's adult, population control $98.7 trillion or about 41% of the world's wealth.
On the base of the pyramid we see that 3.2 billion people, representing 68.7% of the world's adult population, control just 3% of the world's wealth, or about $7.3 trillion.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/global-wealth-pyramid-2013-10#ixzz2hDs09P5x

Here's a great little visualizer of how the world's wealth is broken down among the ultra-super-rich, the super-rich, the rich, and everyone else.
It's from Credit Suisse (via @FGoria) and it shows how 32 million people, representing 0.7% of the world's adult, population control $98.7 trillion or about 41% of the world's wealth.
On the base of the pyramid we see that 3.2 billion people, representing 68.7% of the world's adult population, control just 3% of the world's wealth, or about $7.3 trillion.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/global-wealth-pyramid-2013-10#ixzz2hDs09P5x

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