Why 'The World's Wealth' Isn't Evenly Spread

"Who are these minority of the world’s population who own a majority of the world’s wealth?

They are the population of the United States, Western Europe, Japan, and a few other affluent countries. How did these particular people come to possess so much more wealth than other people?

They did it the old-fashioned way. They produced the wealth that they own. You might as well ask why bees have so much more honey than other creatures...

full article: National Review