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Seth Walsh

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  • Richest 1 % holds ~44 % of global wealth.
  • That same 1 % owns more than the bottom 95 % combined.
  • Billionaire wealth jumped $2 trn in 2024—$5.7 bn per day.
  • Four new billionaires were minted every week in 2024.
  • In almost every nation, the richest 10 % hold >50 % of all wealth.
  • Globally, the top 10 % control 85 % of wealth.
  • The bottom half of adults own ≈1 % of world wealth.
  • U.S. bottom 50 % holds just 2.4 % of national wealth (2024).
  • U.S. top 10 % takes 45 % of all income; Europe’s worst is 36 %.
  • U.S. top 5 % collects 23 % of household income.
  • Absolute mobility: 90 % (1940 cohort) → 50 % (1980 cohort).
  • 42 % of poor U.S. men stay poor; only 8 % reach the top quintile.
  • Bottom 20 % U.S. real earnings unchanged for 50 years.
  • Starter homes now $1 m+ in 233 metros; need $252 k salary.
  • Households spend 34.75 % of income on housing—already cost-burdened.
  • U.S. price-to-income ratio topped 7, vs historic 5.
  • $83 trn in inheritances set to pass by 2045, locking inequality in.
  • Wealth gaps themselves crush mobility, per new U.S. research.
  • No country scores 90/100 on the Social Mobility Index; most sit <75.
  • OECD spread: Gini 0.22 (Slovakia) vs >0.44 (Chile/Costa Rica); U.S. near the top.


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1000014860
 
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Water
 
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Inb4 gpt accusations
 
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  • Richest 1 % holds ~44 % of global wealth.
  • That same 1 % owns more than the bottom 95 % combined.
  • Billionaire wealth jumped $2 trn in 2024—$5.7 bn per day.
  • Four new billionaires were minted every week in 2024.
  • In almost every nation, the richest 10 % hold >50 % of all wealth.
  • Globally, the top 10 % control 85 % of wealth.
  • The bottom half of adults own ≈1 % of world wealth.
  • U.S. bottom 50 % holds just 2.4 % of national wealth (2024).
  • U.S. top 10 % takes 45 % of all income; Europe’s worst is 36 %.
  • U.S. top 5 % collects 23 % of household income.
  • Absolute mobility: 90 % (1940 cohort) → 50 % (1980 cohort).
  • 42 % of poor U.S. men stay poor; only 8 % reach the top quintile.
  • Bottom 20 % U.S. real earnings unchanged for 50 years.
  • Starter homes now $1 m+ in 233 metros; need $252 k salary.
  • Households spend 34.75 % of income on housing—already cost-burdened.
  • U.S. price-to-income ratio topped 7, vs historic 5.
  • $83 trn in inheritances set to pass by 2045, locking inequality in.
  • Wealth gaps themselves crush mobility, per new U.S. research.
  • No country scores 90/100 on the Social Mobility Index; most sit <75.
  • OECD spread: Gini 0.22 (Slovakia) vs >0.44 (Chile/Costa Rica); U.S. near the top.


@6ft4 @Foreverbrad
How is that info helps us?
 
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in ireland 2 people own half the wealth
 
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Yeah it’s over.
Even in best case you can only grow your money as fast as they do, so you’ll never, ever catch up.
 
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Yeah it’s over.
Even in best case you can only grow your money as fast as they do, so you’ll never, ever catch up.
Just revolutionize with AI BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 
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The people whose lineages don’t secure inheritance through sociocultural norms will die
 
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