This compares with the bottom half of the distribution which collectively owns barely 1 per cent of global wealth.
America's share of global wealth expanded in the Gilded Age and again in the 1920's.
These countries usually receive a disproportionately small share of global wealth.
The arrival of containerized shipping pushed transport costs even lower, swelling world trade and expanding global wealth.
In trying to capitalize on the boom in global wealth, the new division of Bank of America is facing formidable competition.
Paradoxically, such nationalist sentiments result in greater global wealth than do "one-world" sentiments founded upon loyalty to no nation.
The UK Government firmly believes that open and free trade is the way to increase global wealth.
Beyond Terror points out that while overall global wealth has increased, the benefits of this economic growth have not been equally shared.
The bottom half of the world adult population owned 1% of global wealth.
These problems are outrageous in the context of global wealth in the 21st century.