The 80 richest people on the planet have the same wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion people, the report says.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering; and despite the issues shooting up the global agenda, the gap between the richest and the rest is widening fast,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is time our leaders took on the powerful vested interests that stand in the way of a fairer and more prosperous world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Call for action
\nWhile 1% of the population owns 48% of the world\u2019s wealth, a majority of the remainder follows the same trend.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf the remaining 52% of global wealth, 46% is owned by the rest of the richest fifth of the world\u2019s population,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n
The remainder of the population only possesses 5.5% of global wealth.<\/p>\n
Their wealth last year? An average $3,851 per adult, the report says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
All the bottom 3.5 billion need to do is work harder and not be lazy sponges and they can join the ranks of those 80 people. Nothing but sloth and envy explains their failure to do so. There is no such thing as avarice. That\u2019s just the liberal word for \u201cproductivity\u201d.<\/p>\n
And grinding poverty has *nothing* to do with the prolife movement, of course.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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