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*Evonomics - [http://evonomics.com/]
*Evonomics - [http://evonomics.com/]
*Institute for New Economic Thinking - [http://ineteconomics.org/about]
*Institute for New Economic Thinking - [http://ineteconomics.org/about]
*Santa Fe Institute - [http://www.santafe.edu/about/]


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Revision as of 14:35, 13 March 2015

Global Scenario

  • 3 ways people cause poverty. 4.3 Billion live below the UN-defined poverty line. [1]
  • 85 people are as wealthy as bottom half - [2]
  • Super Rich - YouTube - [3]
  • Evonomics - [4]
  • Institute for New Economic Thinking - [5]
  • Santa Fe Institute - [6]

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

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

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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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