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The 49 poorest countries, inhabited by 11% of the world’s population only receive between them only a 0.5% share of the global product—just about the same as the combined income of the 3 wealthiest men on the planet. 90% of the total wealth of the plant remains in the hands of just 1% of the planet’s inhabitants.
From: page 6, Liquid Times: Living in an Age of Uncertainty, by Zygmunt Bauman, 2007