How U.s. Billionaires Stack Up with the Rest of the World
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The article compares the wealth of U.S. billionaires to the rest of the world, sparking discussion on the distribution of wealth and its implications.
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bookofjoeAuthor
2 months ago
1 replyunpaywalled link: https://www.wsj.com/business/billionaire-wealth-us-world-com...
rwmj
2 months ago
https://archive.ph/pVb7K
tencentshill
2 months ago
1 replyThis is mostly a result of insane stock market valuations. It's not real money, and could be taken away at any time.
rwmj
2 months ago
Not really. They'll almost all still be extremely rich, and the underlying problem - the enormous wealth divide and their use of that to influence politics - will remain.
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