10 of the World's Most Insanely Luxurious Houses - Oddee.com (luxurious house, amazing houses) Antilla, Mumbai - The first Billion dollar home Mukesh Ambani, the fifth richest man in the world and head of the Mumbai based petrochemical giant Reliance Industries is estimated to be worth somewhere in the region of $43 billion. He is also the owner to-be of a 27-story skyscraper in downtown Mumbai that is to cost him colossal $2 billion! His wife Nita Ambani was staying in the Mandarin Oriental in New York and was so impressed with the interior Asian style decor that she wanted something similar for her to live in. What resulted from that is the world's largest and most expensive home ever. Updown Court, England - The most important private residence to be built in England since the 19th century ($150 million) Updown Court is situated only 25 miles from London, and through a pair of large sophisticated iron gates, one can see a palatial construction of immense scale and beauty. Versailles, Florida - The largest family home ever built in the US
the capitalist network that runs the world - physics-math - 19 October 2011 AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy. The study's assumptions have attracted some criticism, but complex systems analysts contacted by New Scientist say it is a unique effort to untangle control in the global economy. Pushing the analysis further, they say, could help to identify ways of making global capitalism more stable. The idea that a few bankers control a large chunk of the global economy might not seem like news to New York's Occupy Wall Street movement and protesters elsewhere (see photo). "Reality is so complex, we must move away from dogma, whether it's conspiracy theories or free-market," says James Glattfelder. The Zurich team can. So, the super-entity may not result from conspiracy. 1. (Data: PLoS One)
The New Forbes 400 — and Their $1.5 Trillion America’s 400 richest now hold a fortune almost as large as their 2007 pre-Great Recession record. By Sam Pizzigati How swell a year have America’s 400 richest enjoyed over the past 12 months? Forbes has been publishing an annual list of America’s 400 richest ever since 1982. Every deep pocket on this year’s Forbes 400 list ranks as a billionaire. Forbes, year in and year out, does a wonderfully thorough job of gauging the individual fortunes of America’s most fortunate. The basic numbers from all this research: As of the end of last month, August 26 to be exact, America’s top 400 held a combined $1.53 trillion in personal wealth, a total 12 percent up from last year — and not that far off the top 400 all-time high, $1.57 trillion, set in 2007, the year before the Great Recession hit. These massive numbers impress. In other words, every deep pocket on this year’s Forbes 400 list ranks as a billionaire. Now these comparisons, to be sure, don’t take inflation into account.
My Soapbox Advice to the OWS Movement and then some I may not know much, but I know a lot of it. So I decided to share my opinions and thoughts on what I would do if the OWS movement either elected me Grand Poobah or asked for my advice: 1. The Great Lie of Wall Street. Every CEO tells the same great white lie. Great CEO White Lie = “We are acting in the best interests of shareholders.” When a CEO utters this lie, everyone automatically forgives whatever they do. The problem is that unless the company is losing money and it is the only way to keep the company alive, in this era of 9.1pct unemployment it NEVER is in the BEST INTEREST OF SHAREHOLDERS. Shareholders , whether they own shares directly or through mutual funds or pensions do not live in a corporate vacuum. If OWS really wants to change corporate structure and impact the economy, talk to shareholders. You might even consider buying a share of stock. 2. Those personal guarantees would change EVERYTHING in the banking industry. 3. Crazy ? 4. Fixing Executive Compensation Why ?
Forbes list of billionaires (2011) The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people, compiled and published by the American business magazine Forbes in March. The total net worth of each individual on the list is estimated, in United States dollars, based on their assets and accounting for debt. Royalty and dictators whose wealth comes from their positions are excluded from these lists.[1] The list has been published each year in March since 1987.[2] Microsoft founder Bill Gates has topped the list 16 of the past 21 years, including the 2015 list. Methodology[edit] Each year, Forbes employs a team of more than fifty reporters from a variety of countries to track the activity of the world's wealthiest individuals.[5] Preliminary surveys are sent to those who may qualify for make the list. Family fortunes dispersed over a large number of individuals are included only if those individuals' holdings are worth more than a billion dollars. 2015[edit] 2014[edit] 2013[edit] 2012[edit] 2011[edit] General
Jeffrey Sachs: Budgetary Deceit and America's Decline As I shuttle between East Africa, where a severe drought threatens the lives of more than 10 million people, and Athens, where a financial crisis threatens Greece and all of Europe, I am shocked by the U.S. budget negotiations between Congress and President Obama. Every part of the budget debate in the U.S. is built on a tissue of willful deceit. Consider the Republican Party's double-mantra that the deficit results from "runaway spending" and that more tax cuts are the key to economic growth. Republicans claim that the budget deficit, around 10 percent of GDP, has been caused only by a rise in outlays. This is blatantly untrue. The deficit results roughly equally from a fall of tax revenues as a share of GDP and a rise of spending as a share of GDP. On both sides of the ledger -- spending and taxes -- part of the shift results from the weak economy ("cyclical factors") and part from long-term trends. Taxation is lower also because of short-term factors and long-term factors.
Occupy Wall Street: Thoughts from a Member of the One Percent « Venture Capital I walked from the West Side Highway to Chinatown yesterday in the early afternoon. I passed not one, but two marches uptown to Times Square and walked along with them for a while. New York City is in the throes of the OccupyWallStreet protests. What was most noticeable to me was not the protestors and their signs and chants; it was the amount of police accompanying them. I’ve been thinking a lot about this movement, what it means, and what it could lead to. I spent a good part of Thursday afternoon in Zuccotti Park. I empathize with the basic complaint of the #OWS movement – that the rich are getting richer and everyone else is getting poorer. And I’ve got issues with some of the subgroups in the #OWS movement. Our institutions are failing us. And yet, I’m an optimist. So much depends on what we get out of this growing desire for change.
Payday Loans- Money Loans- Fast Loans Same Day The One Percent (2006 The One Percent The film premiered on April 29, 2006, at the Tribeca Film Festival. It was reported to have been purchased by HBO and a revised version of the film, substantially re-edited and incorporating footage shot since the 2006 festival screening, premiered on February 21, 2008 on HBO's Cinemax. Interviews[edit] The film is 79 minutes long and features interviews with a diverse range of individuals: Reception[edit] The documentary was well received in the social activism community and the crystallization of the term "The 1%" proved useful in future activism, including the Occupy Wall Street protests. The basic premise of the documentary has been substantiated at numerous levels of U.S. and global society. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
186 000 personnes possèdent 25 000 milliards de dollars au total Le cabinet Wealth-X a publié fin 2011 une enquête sur les grandes fortunes de la planète. Ensemble, ces 185 795 Ultra Riches détiennent un patrimoine estimé à 25 000 milliards de dollars. Pour donner un ordre de grandeur, cette somme équivaut à 40% du PIB mondial en 2010, soit 63 000 milliards de dollars. Wealth-X définit les Ultra Riches comme des individus détenant un patrimoine net d’au moins 30 millions de dollars américains. Données principales : • Wealth-X a dénombré dans le monde un total de 185 795 individus Ultra Riches, qui détiennent un patrimoine total de 25 trillions (milliers de milliards) de dollars US. • L’Amérique du Nord abrite 62 960 Ultra Riches, et constitue la plus grande concentration de richesse dans le monde. • L’Europe arrive en deuxième position avec 54 325 Ultra Riches, détenant collectivement une fortune de 6,8 trillions de dollars. • L’Asie-Pacifique, avec ses 42 525 Ultra Riches détient 6,2 trillions de dollars. Sur le web :
Nearly half of Congress members are millionaires - a status shared by only 1% cent of Americans By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 01:12 GMT, 17 November 2011 Nearly half of Congress members are millionaires - a status shared by only one per cent of Americans. According to a new study, at least 249 out of Congress’ 535 members are millionaires. The analysis — released by the Center for Responsive Politics — is based on the average value of each lawmaker’s assets and liabilities, which members are required by law to report every year. Rich: The study ranked California Republican, Darrell Issa as the wealthiest member of Congress with an eye-watering average net worth of over $448 million Enlarge Millionaires: Nearly half of Congress members are millionaires - a status shared by only one per cent of Americans 'The vast majority of members of Congress are quite comfortable, financially, while many of their own constituents suffer from economic hardships,' said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics. Congress' 'Rich List' In the House, California Rep.