Distribution of Wealth

Global Scenario

• 3 Ways Humans Cause Poverty - Great historical overview of poverty creation. 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]
• 4 Things About Poverty That You Probably Know but the Gates Don't - [7]

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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