What rich countries get wrong about poverty

(Mar. 28) – It’s astounding just how unequally wealth is distributed around the world. in 2015, according to calculations by Oxfam, just 62 people had the same amount of wealth as the poorer half of humanity – 3.6 billion people. Those 62 people are incredibly rich, to be sure, but it’s also the case that the bottom half of the world is desperately poor. To be among the wealthiest half of people in the world, a person needed to have only $3,210 in net assets (minus debts) in 2015, Oxfam says.