Archive - Jul 21, 2008
Just How Rich Are You?
I learned today that I'm approximately the 650 millionth richest person on earth. That sounded pretty disheartening at first — and just about right, since I'm a recent college grad piecing together enough jobs to pay my rent — until I was told I nearly cracked the top 10 percent of all wage earners.
I found this information on "Global Rich List," a web site that takes your annual income and lets you know just how you measure up in the whole economic scheme of things. The website informs visitors that, Three billion people live on less than $2 per day while 1.3 billion get by on less than $1 per day. Seventy percent of those living on less than $1 per day are women. (There are currently 6.7 billion people on earth.)
Along with providing a picture of relative wealth, the site asks visitors to use some of their wealth to benefit those aided by the international relief agency CARE. After all, according to the Global Rich List, the roughly $10 I've been known to spend on coffee each week could buy more than two dozen fruit trees for Honduran farmers.
So, how do you measure up? Visit The Global Rich List and find out.
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