According to OurWorldinData.org, about 85% of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty. Here’s a quote, “Most of the world’s people live in poverty, with 85% of the world’s population living on less than $30 a day, two-thirds living on less than $10 a day, and one in ten people living on less than $1.90 a day. Each of these statistics takes into account price differences between countries to account for purchasing power in each country.”
So nearly 10% of the world’s population lives on an income of less than $1.90 per day. Poverty negatively impacts people’s mental health, causing anxiety, violence and depression. While the vast majority of the 8 billion people on our planet are poor, a handful of billionaires are hoarding more and more money. It is quite possible that in a few years we will see the world’s first trillionaire. Can you imagine a single person owning a hundred thousand billion dollars?
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