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kpete

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Sun Jan 26, 2014, 08:37 PM Jan 2014

Inequality: A Tale of Two Pyramids

On Monday, Oxfam published a startling report showing that the richest 85 people in the world are worth more than the poorest 3.5 billion.



Looking at it I was reminded of another pyramid in a classic poster from the 19th century, which could be a “poetic” rendering of the graph from the Post.




http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/22/10-startling-facts-about-global-wealth-inequality/

http://my.firedoglake.com/seaton/2014/01/24/inequality-a-tale-of-two-pyramids/

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Inequality: A Tale of Two Pyramids (Original Post) kpete Jan 2014 OP
There's an updated pyramid, too: silverweb Jan 2014 #1
wow! kpete Jan 2014 #2
Peace to us all. silverweb Jan 2014 #3
Excellent SamKnause Jan 2014 #5
K&R n/t Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2014 #4
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