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		World's richest 85 people own 50% of global wealth (cnbc.com)
		1 point by kang on Jan 20, 2014 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

nmc on Jan 20, 2014 [–]

Overly misleading title: they own as much as the poorest half of the world, not half the wealth in the world (which would be hardly identifiable anyway).

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