The World Wealth and Income Database: data and visualizations from 110 researchers in 70 countries

[Wanderfound]

Note the effect of the GFC on the bottom 50%; from fuck-all to less than nothing.

I’m reminded of Micawber.

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery.