Top 1% of Britons own 24% of nation's assets

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  • vinnymarsden
    vinnymarsden Posts: 560
    To quote similar figures as the OP...
    Did you know that the USA, with something like 6% of the worlds population, consume over 90% of the consumable goods in the world! Terrifying isn't it..and The Donald will not be reigning that in any time soon!!!
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    VinnyMarsden wrote:
    To quote similar figures as the OP...
    Did you know that the USA, with something like 6% of the worlds population, consume over 90% of the consumable goods in the world! Terrifying isn't it..and The Donald will not be reigning that in any time soon!!!

    Source please
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    Is this what you meant?

    "While the consumer class thrives, great disparities remain. The 12 percent of the world’s population that lives in North America and Western Europe accounts for 60 percent of private consumption spending, while the one-third living in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa accounts for only 3.2 percent."

    http://www.worldwatch.org/node/810#3
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    Chris Bass wrote:
    Is this what you meant?

    "While the consumer class thrives, great disparities remain. The 12 percent of the world’s population that lives in North America and Western Europe accounts for 60 percent of private consumption spending, while the one-third living in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa accounts for only 3.2 percent."

    http://www.worldwatch.org/node/810#3

    So the number for USA is roughly 30% which is roughly in line with their % share of GDP

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