Richest 2% own 'half the wealth'

from the bbc:

The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of all household wealth, according to a new study by a United Nations research institute.

The report, from the World Institute for Development Economics Research at the UN University, says that the poorer half of the world's population own barely 1% of global wealth.

See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6211250.stm

when asked, a random sample of individuals living in the world’s poorest countries thanked the west for it’s contribution to climate change, the environment, poverty, and world peace in the 20^th century, and said they couldn’t wait for the next 100years…

the continent of Africa, and in particular, the people of Darfur, thanked george w. bush for doing one ‘heck of a job’ as leader of the free world…