Are the 85 richest people in the world as wealthy as the world's poorest half?
A number of listeners got in touch to ask about this fact, widely reported around the world, from the Washington Post to CNN.
The figure comes from a report by British aid charity Oxfam. It got lots of attention, so the charity produced another figure for the UK, stating that the five richest families had more wealth than the poorest 20%. But how were these figures calculated?
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