2015
“Unless current trends change, Oxfam projects the richest 1 percent of the world’s population will own more than 50 percent of the world’s total wealth by 2016,” Newsweek wrote. As of 2025, the top 10 percent of households held 71.2 percent of total household wealth in the United States. Meanwhile, the top 1 percent in America have nearly $50 trillion in combined wealth while the other 99 percent have $110.87 trillion combined. And, according to Forbes in September, the world’s 3,028 billionaires have a combined wealth of $16.1 trillion, up nearly $2 trillion since 2024.
1981
“The American arms buildup is strengthening a network of antinuclear groups…and it has prompted a revival of neutralist sentiment in Western Europe,” Newsweek said amid the Cold War arms race. Now, 69 percent…
