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World's richest 0.1% have boosted their wealth by as much as poorest half

World's richest 0.1% have boosted their wealth by as much as poorest half
- The economists said wealth inequality had become “extreme” in Russia and the US. The US's richest 1% accounted for 39% of the nation's wealth in 2014 [the latest year available], up from 22% in 1980. The researchers noted that “most of that increase in inequality was due to the rise of the top 0.1% ...

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