Eight men have the same wealth as all the world’s poor.

Brothers and sisters, what are we doing wrong? According to data compiled by Oxfam: Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published by Oxfam today to mark the annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos. Here’s …

I have no words

Which cities have the widest gap between wealth and poverty?

Watch this Wall Street 24/7 video and find out. And yes. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk is No. 1. You can read more here. And thanks, Jac, for the link.

“But I don’t see color” serves no one

Ebony sends this, an interesting Salon essay about the dangers of color blindness among popular progressive politicians. Presidential candidate and Vt. Sen. Bernie Sanders is saying a lot of good and meaningful stuff in relation to wealth and income inequality, but this Vox piece suggests he might be a 1930s radical (not so concerned with …

Suck it, America. We have the money.

I got that map from here, which has lots of other interesting maps.

If hard work is rewarded with riches on earth…

…why isn’t every woman in Africa fabulously wealthy, asks George Monblot at The Guardian. And thanks, DickG., for the link.