Richest 2% own 'half the wealth'

I just read an article on the BBC website that describes the vast inequalities in the world. It is easy for me to sit here with a second-hand computer, two old cars, and a two bedroom townhouse and not feel rich. The very fact that I know that I'm having haystacks for dinner makes me rich!

"...half of the world's population own barely 1% of global wealth."

God bless Bono and the One campaign. Yet even his ambitions sound pathetic, right? Lets give just one percent away so that half of the world's population can own barely 2% of global wealth!

And now we're about to spend billions of dollars to have a base on the moon (click here).