As the rich get richer everyone else gets less happy
by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and Nick Powdthavee from Environment | The Guardian on (#1443G)
Research suggests that as the wealth of the richest explodes, the rest of us are left stressed, worried, angry and with lower levels of life satisfaction
The wealth of the richest is exploding. According to research by Oxfam, the richest 62 billionaires have the same amount of wealth as 3.6 billion people - the poorest half of the world's population. Last year this figure was 80; two years ago it was 85.
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