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Poverty

Sparkman3

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6. Top 1% of US households own 40% of the stock market, the top 10% own 84%.

Reply to I_UndergroundPanther (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 5, 2025, 06:18 PM

Jul 5

The richest 8 people in the world own as much wealth as the bottom 50% of the world's population. From Rob Larson's Mastering the Universe, pub. 2024.

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