24/01/17 - Eight billionaires 'as rich as world's poorest half'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38613488

The world's eight richest individuals have as much wealth as the 3.6bn people who make up the poorest half of the world, according to Oxfam. the gap between rich and poor was "far greater than feared".  There is a focus on the rich and the attempt to encourage economic growth. Typically Ofcom has been an unreliable source but there have been rumours suggesting that it is more accurate now and the results they find are a lot lower.

O in 2016 the richest 62 people in the world had as much wealth as the poorest half of the global population.
O It was still the case in 2017 that the world's richest 1% had as much wealth as the rest of the world combined

I think that it isn't much of a surprise that there is a small number of people who have the same amount of of wealth as a certain amount of the population. There has always been a divide and will probably never be completely erased. The people at the top of the tables are typically online/technology entrepreneurs which just goes to show that the developments of NDM has not only enhanced the divide but peotentially makes it more obvious. I personally also think that the divide issue is going to get worse till a point where it becomes incredibly difficult to resolve the issue.