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At The Turn Of The Twenty-first Century, The Richest 5 Percent Of People Receive One-third Of Total Global Income, As Much As The Poorest 80 Percent.

-Zygmunt Bauman

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At The Turn Of The

Zygmunt Bauman

At The Turn Of The Twenty-first Century, The Richest 5 Percent Of People Receive One-third Of Total Global Income, As Much As The Poorest 80 Percent.

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