Every year, Oxfam adds up the wealth of the world's poor, compares it to the wealth of the world's ultra-rich, and comes out with some shocking statistic. This year, it's that the eight richest men in the world, between them, have the same amount of wealth as the bottom 50% of the population combined.
That's pretty obscene, on its face. Except, when you look closer, it doesn't really tell you very much.
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