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In 2018, ''Business Insider'' indicated:
 
In 2018, ''Business Insider'' indicated:
 
{{Cquote|Currently, the top 1% of people own nearly half of the world's household wealth. According to Credit Suisse's 2018 global wealth report, "the richest decile (top 10% of adults) owns 85% of global wealth, and the top percentile alone accounts for almost half of all household wealth (47%)." This is especially true in the US, which has more members of the 1% than any other country. Credit Suisse defines membership in the top 10% as having $93,170 or more in net assets, while the top 1% has $871,320.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-change-plan-billionaires-share-money-2018-10 A scientist who predicted a grim 'Hothouse Earth' says the world’s billionaires need to give up their money to save us], Business Insider, 2018</ref>}}
 
{{Cquote|Currently, the top 1% of people own nearly half of the world's household wealth. According to Credit Suisse's 2018 global wealth report, "the richest decile (top 10% of adults) owns 85% of global wealth, and the top percentile alone accounts for almost half of all household wealth (47%)." This is especially true in the US, which has more members of the 1% than any other country. Credit Suisse defines membership in the top 10% as having $93,170 or more in net assets, while the top 1% has $871,320.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-change-plan-billionaires-share-money-2018-10 A scientist who predicted a grim 'Hothouse Earth' says the world’s billionaires need to give up their money to save us], Business Insider, 2018</ref>}}
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== Survey ==
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According to a Pew Research Centre survey reported by [[The Christian Post]] in 2020, most [[American people]] don’t believe that an individual's work ethic is an indicator of their wealth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/most-americans-dont-believe-people-are-rich-because-they-work-hard-or-poor-because-they-dont-study.html|title=Most Americans don’t believe people are rich because they work hard or poor because they don’t: study|date=March 4, 2020|accessdate=March 5, 2020|author=Leonardo Blair|publisher=[[The Christian Post]]}}</ref>
    
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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== Notes ==
 
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