Yay! We're #1!!
Ain't it Grand? 18 Million "Makers" right here in 'Murka!!
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30949796?ns_mchannel=email&ns_source=inxmail_newsletter&ns_campaign=bbcnewsmagazine_news__&ns_linkname=na&ns_fee=0
As the business and political elite met at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, there was much talk of rising inequality, and many references to the "wealthiest 1%". The phrase conjures up images of billionaires living on private islands - but is that who the 1% really are?
A report by the charity Oxfam released to coincide with the Davos gathering caused a stir by predicting that the wealthiest 1% will soon own more than the rest of the world's population.
It drew on research from the bank Credit Suisse, which estimated total global household wealth in 2014 at $263tn (£175tn).
That's wealth, not income. It is calculated as assets minus debt.
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Birthplace of the Middle Class and the Arsenal of Democracy...
...forgotten in these, the richest time in human history.
when the trickle down starts happening, we are well positioned. 
