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2018 the 1000 richest Germans got richer by 3% to now €1.05 trillion
€1050 billion
€1,050,000 million
~1 million million Euros https://n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Das-sind-die-reichsten-Deutschen-article21268197.html
€1050 billion
€1,050,000 million
~1 million million Euros https://n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Das-sind-die-reichsten-Deutschen-article21268197.html
Many UNDERESTIMATE how rich the rich are.
This simple calculation estimates the RANGE between an Amazon minimum pay worker, and the Amazon boss ... to be at least ~100k: https://twitter.com/drandreaskruger/status/1170331712603271168
This simple calculation estimates the RANGE between an Amazon minimum pay worker, and the Amazon boss ... to be at least ~100k: https://twitter.com/drandreaskruger/status/1170331712603271168
"Pen's Parade" #PensParade
Nice illustration of wealth difference, and inequality distribution in one picture.
Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%E2%80%99s_Parade#Pen%E2%80%99s_Parade_der_Schweiz_1969/70 English page not as good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%27s_parade
Nice illustration of wealth difference, and inequality distribution in one picture.
Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%E2%80%99s_Parade#Pen%E2%80%99s_Parade_der_Schweiz_1969/70 English page not as good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%27s_parade
"Immense wealth translates automatically into immense environmental impacts... the very wealthy ... are committing ecocide."
"British private airport... take off ...carrying a single passenger, mostly flying to Russia & the US ... 25,000 litres of fuel" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/19/life-earth-wealth-megarich-spending-power-environmental-damage
"British private airport... take off ...carrying a single passenger, mostly flying to Russia & the US ... 25,000 litres of fuel" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/19/life-earth-wealth-megarich-spending-power-environmental-damage
Taxes sorted by income group 1950-2018 https://twitter.com/DLeonhardt/status/1181004566088814594
Nice image:
5000$ *365.24 *(2019-1492)= 0.96 billion
https://twitter.com/_Floodlight/status/1181325813376933890
5000$ *365.24 *(2019-1492)= 0.96 billion
https://twitter.com/_Floodlight/status/1181325813376933890
$0 = 0% of $11 billion https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-taxes-zero-180337770.html
think about it https://twitter.com/EricStetson/status/1104447037469351936
Visualisation of scale from US median to top https://twitter.com/betty__cam/status/1196933769862643713
TJ: 1,000,000,000 ?
SS: 60,000 !
TJ: 1,000,000,000 ?
SS: 60,000 !
... Hahaha, lol: https://twitter.com/TiloJung/status/1220416728615788544
SS: 60,000 !
TJ: 1,000,000,000 ?
SS: 60,000 !
... Hahaha, lol: https://twitter.com/TiloJung/status/1220416728615788544
#WealthInequality #wealth #redistribution #WealthRedistribution #TheAmericanPie #AmericanPie #Socialism #Equality #Neofeudalism #Feudalism https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1223385238379941889
"The emissions are massively skewed to the lifestyles of relatively few people" [ #TheRich]
@KevinClimate talk at #ExtinctionRebellion
video snippets: https://twitter.com/Jumpsteady/status/1224758166203895808
!["The emissions are massively skewed to the lifestyles of relatively few people" [ #TheRich] @KevinClimate talk at #ExtinctionRebellionvideo snippets: https://twitter.com/Jumpsteady/status/1224758166203895808](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EP9BDW6XsAUFPxD.jpg "\"The emissions are massively skewed to the lifestyles of relatively few people\" [ #TheRich] @KevinClimate talk at #ExtinctionRebellionvideo snippets: https://twitter.com/Jumpsteady/status/1224758166203895808")
@KevinClimate talk at #ExtinctionRebellion
video snippets: https://twitter.com/Jumpsteady/status/1224758166203895808
Distribute €100k to 100 people - how?
(thread #theRich) https://twitter.com/marcobuelow/status/1225479458561445888?s=19
(thread #theRich) https://twitter.com/marcobuelow/status/1225479458561445888?s=19
"At world level ... the top 1% alone emit more carbon than the poorest half of the planet." @PikettyLeMonde
(visit the #TheRich thread)
The illusion of CENTRIST #ecology - 11 JUIN 2019 https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty/2019/06/11/the-illusion-of-centrist-ecology/
(visit the #TheRich thread)
The illusion of CENTRIST #ecology - 11 JUIN 2019 https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty/2019/06/11/the-illusion-of-centrist-ecology/
Grains of RICE, to visualize #CapitalAccumulation that an unfettered capitalist amassed in < 1 generation: https://twitter.com/cait_duffy/status/1233240187741855744
25 rich families in Germany https://twitter.com/marcobuelow/status/1269206253391220736
70% destruction caused by the 20% richest - and 50% by the "top" 10%
https://theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/26/leading-scientist-criticises-uk-over-its-climate-record
German health expert: https://twitter.com/Karl_Lauterbach/status/1276507884336054274
https://theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/26/leading-scientist-criticises-uk-over-its-climate-record
German health expert: https://twitter.com/Karl_Lauterbach/status/1276507884336054274
What is the #DSM6 code for this mental illness that endangers ecosphere & humanity?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5 https://twitter.com/_julesh_/status/1280094253364973575
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5 https://twitter.com/_julesh_/status/1280094253364973575
Richest 1% of EU households 41% of emission is ... plane travel. Incredible 55 tons of CO2eq per 1 person and year. #TheRich #Reiche
Interesting thread, in German: https://twitter.com/ManuelGrebe/status/1280433332522815488
Interesting thread, in German: https://twitter.com/ManuelGrebe/status/1280433332522815488
98.6%. Countdown until this crosses 100% ? https://twitter.com/EmilyLaquer/status/1283328699207766016
50 % (of German adults) own 1.4% of the total wealth. https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2020-07/vermoegensverteilung-deutschland-diw-studie-ungleichheit
VERY interesting THREAD: New data on #WealthInequality in Germany - example tweet = broken / neofeudal tax system: https://twitter.com/MFratzscher/status/1283761389874683905
