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Not 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 th
by nick0garvey 6y ago
Not 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