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http://fortune.com/2017/12/27/world-richest-trillion-dollars-2017/ http://fortune.com/2017/12/27/world-richest-trillion-dollars... On average every ten of these
by flatfilefan 9y ago
http://fortune.com/2017/12/27/world-richest-trillion-dollars-2017/ http://fortune.com/2017/12/27/world-richest-trillion-dollars...
On average every ten of these 500 people are adding whole GDP of North Korea into their pocket. There must be a lot of social engineering to control this wealth flow.
- adventured 9y agoThat's more a statement of just how backwards North Korea is in an increasingly prosperous world in which the median standard of living is at an all-time high and continues to rise by the year, famines are between extremely rare and non-existent, and global poverty is at an all-time low. It looks increasingly like North Korea may be among the very last of the failed state hold-outs. Even Cuba looks like it's set to change considerably for the better in the coming years.