Intolerance, exclusion and inequality are nonetheless common and are on the rise in some cases. Overcoming these barriers will require finding ways to link collective interests to equity and justice (see chapter 3). They retire comfortably with private pension funds and savings. They send their children to the best schools for advanced tertiary education. And they have the means to influence the political process in their favour. The top 1 percent of the wealth distribution holds 46 percent of the worlds wealth.128 Much of the income gain in recent decades has been at the top: 44 percent of the income earned between 1988 and 2008 went to only 5 percent of the population.129 Such income inequalities influence inequalities in other dimensions of well-being.