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The extent to which so much global wealth has become corralled by a virtual handful of the so-called 'global elite' is exposed in a new report from Oxfam on Monday. It warned that those richest 85 people across the globe share a combined wealth of £1tn, as much as the poorest 3.5 billion of the world's population.

Working for the Few - Oxfam report Source: F. Alvaredo, A. B. Atkinson, T. Piketty and E. Saez, (2013) ‘The World Top Incomes Database’, http://topincomes.g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/ Only includes countries with data in 1980 and later than 2008. Photograph: Oxfam

The wealth of the 1% richest people in the world amounts to $110tn (£60.88tn), or 65 times as much as the poorest half of the world, added the development charity, which fears this concentration of economic resources is threatening political stability and driving up social tensions.

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<p>The extent to which so much global wealth has become corralled by a virtual handful of the so-called 'global elite' is exposed in a new report from Oxfam on Monday. It warned that those richest 85 people across the globe share a combined wealth of &#xa3;1tn, as much as the poorest 3.5 billion of the world's population.</p> <span class="inline wide"> <img src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Business/Pix/pictures/2014/1/20/1390210939139/Working-for-the-Few---Oxf-011.jpg" alt="Working for the Few - Oxfam report" data-pin-description="Source: F. Alvaredo, A. B. Atkinson, T. Piketty and E. Saez, (2013) &#x2018;The World Top Incomes Database&#x2019;, http://topincomes.g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/ Only includes countries with data in 1980 and later than 2008. Photograph: Oxfam" height="276" width="460"> <span class="caption" style="width: 460px;"> Source: F. Alvaredo, A. B. Atkinson, T. Piketty and E. Saez, (2013) &#x2018;The World Top Incomes Database&#x2019;, http://topincomes.g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/ Only includes countries with data in 1980 and later than 2008. Photograph: Oxfam </span> </span> <p>The wealth of the 1% richest people in the world amounts to $110tn (&#xa3;60.88tn), or 65 times as much as the poorest half of the world, added the development charity, which fears this concentration of economic resources is threatening political stability and driving up social tensions.</p>