Globalization helped the ultra-rich the most. The number of billionaires has exploded from 470 to 2700 over the last two decades. Cheap labor from all over the world and access to global consumers. Great deal for the 0.01%

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1. While at the same time …

   [https://data.worldbank.org/share/widget?end=2021&indicators=NY.ADJ.NNTY.PC.CD&start=2000](https://data.worldbank.org/share/widget?end=2021&indicators=NY.ADJ.NNTY.PC.CD&start=2000)

2. More people getting to be rich is bad. Should keep it to just a few

3. There are more billionaires, especially politicians from third world countries but they are discrete about it.