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If this is the same methodology as they've used in the past, I personally own as much as the poorest 30% of the world. (And so do you.) Aggregating wealth get
by cperciva 8y ago
If this is the same methodology as they've used in the past, I personally own as much as the poorest 30% of the world. (And so do you.)
Aggregating wealth gets weird when you look at debt and measure net wealth.
- kamaal 8y agoI think the point is also about access to a certain degree of privilege. Merely being born in what is considered currently the western civilization or hemisphere- Basically Europe, US, Canada and Australia- Gives you access to a lot of economic and social opportunity. Which includes things like free primary and secondary education, heath care, pensions, social security, food stamps/security, infrastructure, easy mobility etc etc. Your average US citizen has more to their disposal(in terms of any metric you can possibly measure) than people in South Asia or Africa.