I haven't said anything about the 'economic pile' or the almost half the population that are between the two groups highlighted. I'm more interested in the two extemes.
What effect would it have on the top 5,000 wealthiest if they had their assets halved. (Apart from ego and power)
The 85 richest people in the world own more wealth than the 3 billion poorest people combined, according to an Oxfam report on global inequality.
That means that less than 100 individuals hold more wealth than the bottom half of the entire world population...