How much wealth belongs to the 1%?

Egypt died when 97% of her wealth became centred in not more than 3% of her people. Babylon, still worse, for she fell when 98% of her wealth belonged to 2% of the people. Persia died when 1% owned the realm, and Rome fell when two thousand of her nobles owned the known earth. 

—Spirit Stanford on the Money System

Now the richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years.

(Accessed 17 March 2024 Oxfam 16 January 2023 Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-much-wealth-rest-world-put-together-over-past-two-years)