claim: "the richest 80 people in the world own more wealth than the bottom half of the global population."
author: bernie sanders
evidence_1: jan 15, 2017 ... world's eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50% ... the vast  majority of people in the bottom half of the world's population were facing a ...  eight men own more than 3.6 billion people do: our economics is broken.
evidence_2: feb 17, 2016 ... "the richest 80 people in the world own more wealth than the bottom half of the  global population." — bernie sanders on sunday, february 7th, ...
evidence_3: jan 18, 2016 ... richest 62 people as wealthy as half of world's population, says oxfam ... that 1%  of people own more wealth than the other 99% combined. ... equal to that of the  poorest half of the. world's population since 2010. 2015 62. 80 ... into concrete  action to ensure that those at the bottom get their fair share of ...
evidence_4: jan 16, 2017 ... eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the  poorest ... shows that the gap between rich and poor is far greater than had been  feared. ... the poorest half of the world has less wealth than had been previously  thought. ... oxfam's blueprint for a more human economy includes:.
evidence_5: jan 18, 2015 ... eighty people hold the same amount of wealth as the world's 3.6 billion ... while  the wealth of the poorest 50 percent of the world's population has fallen. ... that  the richest 1 percent of people will have more wealth than the ...