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We are the 1%: You need $34k income to be in the global elite... and half the world's richest live in the U.S. | Daily Mail Online
Share of global income of top 1% and bottom 50% of the world population... | Download Scientific Diagram
![Top 1% of adults own 51% of the world's wealth; top 10% own 89%; and bottom 50% own only 1%. – Michael Roberts Blog Top 1% of adults own 51% of the world's wealth; top 10% own 89%; and bottom 50% own only 1%. – Michael Roberts Blog](https://thenextrecession.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/top-1-income.png)
Top 1% of adults own 51% of the world's wealth; top 10% own 89%; and bottom 50% own only 1%. – Michael Roberts Blog
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Tiho Brkan on X: "In China, the top 1% of highest income earners starts at $100k while in the USA, gross income for the top 1% is almost half a million annually.
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Top 1% Pre-tax National Income Share Source: World Inequality Database... | Download Scientific Diagram
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