Distribution of Wealth
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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]
- 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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