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AutomaticEarth<>Debt Rattle November 15 2017

Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 8:53 am


Arkady Shaikhet Express 1939

• Richest 1% Own 50% Of Global Wealth, Poorest 50% Own 1% (BI)

• US Auto-Loan Subprime Blows Up Lehman-Moment-Like (WS)

• Household Debt Rises By $116 Billion As Credit-Card Delinquencies Pile Up (MW)

• Sweden’s Housing Market Shock is Hitting Its Currency (BBG)

• ECB Seeks Power To Freeze Bank Deposits (BBG)

• What History Teaches About Interest Rates (DR)

• Deus ex Mueller isn’t Coming (CJ)

• Raqqa’s Dirty Secret (BBC)

• How Western Imperial Power Set Out To Destroy Syria (Ren.)

• US Directly Supports ISIS Terrorists In Syria – Russia (Tass)

• Zimbabwe’s Military Seizes Power (BBG)

• Airbnb Puts Automatic Rental Cap On Central Paris Offers (R.)

• Airbnb Refuses To Disclose Financial Data To Greece’s Finance Ministry (KTG)

How do we do it? What an achievement!

• Richest 1% Own 50% Of Global Wealth, Poorest 50% Own 1% (BI)

The world’s richest 1% of families and individuals hold over half of global wealth, according to a new report from Credit Suisse. The report suggests inequality is still worsening some eight years after the worst global recession in decades. The release of the Paradise Papers, a trove of leaked documents uncovered by investigative journalists detailing the offshore tax holdings of the world’s super wealthy, has reinforced just how rampant the problem of wealth inequality has become. “The bottom half of adults collectively own less than 1% of total wealth, the richest decile (top 10% of adults) owns 88% of global assets, and the top percentile alone accounts for half of total household wealth,” the Credit Suisse report said.

Put another way: “The top 1% own 50.1% of all household wealth in the world.” This handy pyramid chart, which shows the relative number of people at different wealth levels and how much of the world’s assets each bracket controls, speaks volumes about the level of income concentration, which by some measures has not been seen since the early 20th century:

In most countries, including the United States, a large wealth gap translates into those at the top accruing political power, which in turn can lead to policies that reinforce benefits for the wealthy. President Donald Trump’s tax cut plan, for instance, has been widely criticized for favoring corporations and the wealthy over working families. Measured overall, Credit Suisse found total global wealth rose 6.4% in the year between mid-2016 and mid-2017 to $280.3 trillion. Stock market gains helped add $8.5 trillion to US household wealth during that period, a 10.1% rise. US inequality is considerably worse than in its more developed-country peers.

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