October 16, 2011
Interestingly, the US has the widest discrepancy between the haves and the have nots of any developed country, the top 1% control 30% of the wealth, Sweden is next with 1% controlling 18% of the wealth, New Zealand is next with 1% controlling 16% of the wealth. Here are some shots from occupy Wellington.
I know this. I told my wealthy friends this when I was down there last year, and they all reacted in disbelief, and questioned my sources. They literally could not believe that NZ was #2 or 3 in wealth disparity. So, tell me, where did you get the numbers?
ReplyDeleteI got this from a Newspaper article (I think New York Times) and Googled it as well--not too rigorously scientific in my research. Was a surprise to me that NZ was that high up the list!
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