Interesting article that says the United States, no longer has a corner on the number of Billionaires in the world.
The Number of Billionaires Is Growing Across the Planet, as Global Inequality Spreads | Alternet
Gonna check my family tree to see if I have any relatives who might have made the list.
The Number of Billionaires Is Growing Across the Planet, as Global Inequality Spreads | Alternet
After our initial gawking at the extravagance of this year’s list of 1,426, we looked closer. This list reveals the major power shift in the world today: the decline of the West and the rise of the rest. Gone are the days when U.S. billionaires accounted for over 40 percent of the list, with Western Europe and Japan making up most of the rest. Today, the Asia-Pacific region hosts 386 billionaires, 20 more than all of Europe and Russia combined.
Gonna check my family tree to see if I have any relatives who might have made the list.