Fiscalité des riches. Ploutocratie. La violence des riches. Bill Gates prédit la fin des pays pauvres dans 20 ans. Pour Bill Gates et son épouse Melinda, les derniers ne resteront pas les derniers. "D'ici 2035, il n'y aura presque plus de pays pauvres dans le monde", déclare ainsi le multimilliardaire et fondateur de Microsoft, dans la lettre annuelle de sa fondation philanthropique, publiée mardi 21 janvier. "Les pays vont apprendre de leurs voisins les plus productifs et tirer profit d'innovations comme les nouveaux vaccins, les semences de meilleure qualité et la révolution numérique.
Leur main d'œuvre, soutenue par une meilleure éducation, attirera de nouveaux investissements", ajoute-t-il. Bill Gates reconnaît toutefois que quelques pays seront à la traîne pour des raisons politiques, comme la Corée du Nord, ou, pour des raisons géographiques, comme certains pays enclavés d'Afrique centrale. "Et l'inégalité restera un problème : il y aura des pauvres dans chaque région", continue-t-il de nuancer. Des clichés combattus "Des milliards de personnes auront été extirpées de la misère. Give Back? Yes, It's Time For The 99% To Give Back To The 1% 6 Filthy Facts About the Rich. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/katalinks August 25, 2013 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. First of all, who are they? Mostly the 1%. 1. As evidence of the extremes between the very rich and the rest of us, the average household net worth for the top 1% in 2009 was almost $14 million, while the average household net worth for the bottom 47% was almost ZERO.
The extremes are just as filthy at the global level. 2. In another alarming testament to wealth at the top, the richest 10% own almost 90 percent of stocks excluding pensions. Many stock owners see a couple thousand dollars added to their fortunes every time they go online. But that's not enough for the very rich. 3. If the richest 1% had taken the same percentage of total U.S. income in 2006 as they did in 1980, they would have taken a trillion dollars less out of the economy. 4. Two dependable sources provide pretty much the same information. 5. 6.
Portrait des «1%» français. Mouvements «Occupy...», polémiques en France sur le quotient familial... Des deux côtés de l'Atlantique, la question des niveaux de revenus est au coeur du débat politique. Avec pour cible les «1%», cette catégorie de la population qui capterait, selon ses détracteurs, un niveau excessif de richesses. Qui sont-ils en France? Slate fait le point en chiffres à l'orée de la campagne présidentielle. On peut distinguer deux manières de faire partie des «1%» : par ses revenus annuels ou par sa fortune accumulée. Texte: Jean-Marie Pottier. Actualisé le 19 janvier: contrairement à ce qu'indiquait une première version, le montant total du patrimoine des Français n'est pas de 10,4 milliards mais 10.400 milliards. Portugal : Ce qu'il faut savoir sur l'incendie Powered by.
13 Staggering Facts About The Global Super Rich. The world economy may still be in the doldrums, but global wealth continues to grow, hitting an all-time high this year of $231 trillion, according to a new global wealth report from Credit Suisse. And more than ever, that figure is concentrated at the top of the pile. A mere 0.5% of the world's population owns an eye-popping 38.5% of its total wealth. As protests against the "1%" continue to rage on in downtown Manhattan and cities across the globe, we're taking a look at how wealth is distributed and which countries are increasing their share of the world's richest people. The charts are from Credit Suisse's 2011 Global Wealth Report. The Top 5 Facts About America’s Richest 1% | Daily Ticker.
Follow The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! The American dream is alive and well for the wealthiest 1% of Americans, but unfortunately, if you are in the other 99% the jury is still out. "America is obviously a country where you can go from being middle class to upper class, but right now class mobility has sort of collapsed in the United States," says Zaid Jilani, senior reporter for the progressive think tank ThinkProgress.org. (See: America's Middle Class Crisis: The Sobering Facts) This grim reality is in part the impetus for the Occupy Wall Street movement, which, now in its fourth week, will take to the streets of Manhattan's Upper East Side Tuesday in what it is calling the "Millionaire's March.
" Demonstrators will rally outside the homes of some of the city's wealthiest, including News Corp. (NWS) head Rupert Murdoch and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon, to protest New York state's 2% millionaire tax set to expire at the end of the year. How much does the bottom 80% own? Quel est le métier le mieux payé?