Daily chart: The purse of the one percent

Who controls the world’s wealth GLOBAL wealth has increased from $117 trillion in 2000 to $262 trillion this year. That comes to $56,000 for each adult on earth. But the fortune is far from evenly distributed. In 1906 the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto observed that 80{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} of land was owned by just 20… Read entire story.

Source: Economic Issues