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Your source references https://dqydj.com/top-one-percent-united-states/ https://www.epi.org/data/#?subject=wagegroup etc.

Those values are for the top 1% in the US - The "richest" nation on the planet. I have no idea why the author is presenting these as global numbers, but they quite clearly are.

0.23% of the worlds population have over $1mil in net worth. https://inequality.org/facts/global-inequality/

Right, I was surprised as well by the numbers. Thank you for double checking.

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