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85 richest people as wealthy as poorest half

2 pointsby jchrisaover 10 years ago

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calcsamover 10 years ago
&quot;A less rhetorically gifted Oxfam staffer might have written instead that the world’s richest 80 people own around 0.7 percent of global wealth. That’s a lot, but it hardly seems staggering.&quot;<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/upshot/why-we-cant-blame-a-few-rich-people-for-global-poverty.html?rref=upshot&amp;abt=0002&amp;abg=0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;29&#x2F;upshot&#x2F;why-we-cant-blame-a...</a>