The truth about extreme global inequality

Now everyone is talking about how the richest one percent have captured such a disproportionate share of wealth in their respective countries.  This point came crashing home once again when an animated video illustrating wealth disparities in the United States went viral last month.  When an infographic catches the attention of tens of millions of internet users, you know it's hitting a nerve.

But the global scale of inequality remains largely absent from this story.  So we at The Rules decided to put together a video that would give it some attention.