Study finds richest 1 percent will control half the world's wealth by 2016

Anti-poverty organization Oxfam has projected that the richest 1 percent of citizens will control more than half of the world's wealth by 2016.

The projections come as part of a new study on global inequality, designed to highlight the widening gulf between the world's poorest citiziens and richest citizens. According to Oxfam, the 80 wealthiest people in the world control $1.9 trillion — almost the same amount controlled by the 3.5 billion people on the bottom of the world income scale.

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.