· "Almost half of the world’s wealth is now owned by just one percent
of the population.
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The wealth of the one percent richest people in the world amounts
to $110 trillion. That’s 65 times the total wealth of the bottom half of the
world’s population.
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The bottom half of the world’s population owns the same as the
richest 85 people in the world.
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Seven out of ten people live in countries where economic
inequality has increased in the last 30 years.
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The richest one percent increased their share of income in 24 out
of 26 countries for which we have data between 1980 and 2012.
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In the US, the wealthiest one percent captured 95 percent of
post-financial crisis growth since 2009, while the bottom 90 percent became
poorer."
The real question, however, is whether any of this will truly feed into the political agenda and where. Nothing significant is likely to happen in much of Latin America... or in Spain for that matter.