A recent report by the Congressional Budget Office showed that in 2007 the richest 1% of the American population owned 34.6% of the country's total wealth, and the next 19% owned 50.5%.
Had it not been for the political convulsions on the continent, England, instead of being one of the richest countries in the world in art treasures, would have been one of the poorest.
Stephen Girard, one of the wealthiest men in American history, personally saved the United States government from financial collapse during the War of 1812.
Duke Moritz of Saxony transfers the former Dominican monastery to the university where it is renamed the“Collegium Paulinum.” This along with other material support makes Leipzig one of the richest universities in the Old Reich.
All this despite the fact that 46% of people in the world live on less than$ 5.50 a day, and the richest 6 people have the same wealth that the poorest 50% have.
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