This statistic from Oxfam, an anti-poverty consortium, has been reported in prominent media outlets (example). Other articles dispute this statistic as misleading due to flimsy assumptions about debt (example)
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1What part of the fusion.net article's explanation is unclear? – Giskard Jan 23 '17 at 17:19
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Nothing is unclear, but maybe the fusion.net article is also misleading, and there's a convincing counterargument that I can't think of. – sirallen Jan 23 '17 at 18:24
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1Related: http://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/12890/what-was-the-worlds-wealth-in-2015 – Henry Jan 24 '17 at 00:15