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=Global Scenario= | =Global Scenario= | ||
4.3 Billion live below the UN-defined poverty line. [http://www.fastcoexist.com/3043284/3-ways-humans-create-poverty] | 4.3 Billion live below the UN-defined poverty line. [http://www.fastcoexist.com/3043284/3-ways-humans-create-poverty] | ||
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*85 people are as wealthy as bottom half - [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/20/oxfam-85-richest-people-half-of-the-world] | |||
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=Distribution in America= | =Distribution in America= | ||
Revision as of 14:29, 13 March 2015
Global Scenario
4.3 Billion live below the UN-defined poverty line. [1]
Links
- 85 people are as wealthy as bottom half - [2]
Distribution in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vttbhl_kDoo
Poverty Rate in the USA is Not Decreasingin the 21st Century
Since population is growing, absolute numbers of poor people are increasing.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States:
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20% of the Richest People Own 80% of the Wealth
- from http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2009/05/27/champagne-glass-distribution-of-wealth/ :
Wealth Disparity has been Increasing since the 1940s
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The Percentage of People in Abject Poverty ($1.25/day) is Decreasing Globally
- Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty . Note: This is welcome news, but making $1.26+/day is not inspiring - opinion of wiki editor
The Global Distribution of Wealth Trend Depends on Country
- US, UK, China are clear increases in Gini coefficient (worse distribution of wealth).
This is the Gini Coefficient from Wikipedia:
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