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While this is undoubtedly true, the 80/20 rule doesn't apply to wealth -- at least not anymore. Today, the top 1% of the world's population has more wealth than
by mimixco 6y ago
While this is undoubtedly true, the 80/20 rule doesn't apply to wealth -- at least not anymore. Today, the top 1% of the world's population has more wealth than the other 99% combined.
- patrick451 6y agoThis is a contradiction. There can't be greater than 100% of the wealth in the world.
- nick0garvey 6y agoNot a contradiction. Imagine a pool of 100 people. The richest person has $100, everyone else has $1. There's a total of $199, and the richest 1% have more than half the total wealth with $100. I'm not saying this is the distribution of the real world, but that statement alone is not a contradiction.
- mimixco 6y agoWhile disputed, here's the article[0] where I got those numbers (2016). It's definitely not 80/20. [0]https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35339475 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35339475