The bank compiled data showing that just 0.7% of the world's adult population owns almost half of the world's wealth, while the bottom 73% have ... at the top of the pyramid, which starts at ...

"We are not spending nearly enough time focusing on the bottom of the pyramid," Bryant told ... "The problem we have today is you have all this wealth where money is creating more money ...

During 1996-97, Albania was convulsed by the dramatic rise and collapse of several huge financial pyramid schemes ... whose economic impact is due to changes in perceived wealth. As a bubble expands, ...