There are 9 zeroes in a billion and Slim comes with double digit ahead of those 9 zeroes. 1-2-3-...9
Looking at the list of the Uber-filthy-wiping their face with dollars-burning cigars with dollars-cleaning their ears with Rupee earbuds-coating their cars with Gold rich people like Carlos Slim from Brazil made my mind boggle for sometime like a TV not receiving reception but I recovered soon being a strong man. And while I tried to get back to normal a flood of thoughts came to mind, please continue reading I didnt pen down all of them but just a few, as only very little made sense anyways.
Stream of my thought went through how I first my first cycle made me feel like the luckiest person in the world to now where I am writting down my thoughts on a blog with little food, money or shelter (compared to the uber-filthy..... rich). Without further digressing into some inane topic I will get to the point. Some of them.
Flashback (imagine thundering of clouds)
I started following the richest people list only by the time I reached 10th standard. I remember this was possibly the first time I wanted a lot of money and felt like my hard work for something might just get me lot of money (How Naive I was stressing about 10th standard result).
Well that was the time I was a fan of Mr. Gates who made my OS (Ok I’ll accept I didn’t know properly what OS meant back then but what the hell! At least I knew that Mr. Gates made My Computer for me) Also at the time there was this whole thing about how many dollar can Bill Gates give to every person on the Earth and still have some left for himself. I can’t remember the amount but I do remember how awe struck I was to know this little trivia. Till this day I have not tried to confirm the authenticity of that claim but I seriously don’t care now as I am not getting any ;(.
Digressing from the topic, so pulling my self back to what I actually came to write. And it is about how I am proud to be a world citizen in this era and time. How is that related to my start of this blog, well not very but little, I’ll admit. So to take things ahead I used my special powers granted by Google & searched for 2000 list of Forbes most rich people & compared it with the current 2010 one.
I keep 2000 as the point of reference simple because this was the time I started growing my intelligence repository (it has been filling for 10 years damn!! I still feel dumb at least once a day on most days) any ways!!. To me this is an indicator of shift of wealth from Just USA to the rest of the world. From 8 out of top 10 richest people in the world coming from st="on"USA in the year 2000 to only 3 people in 2010.
This list has not yet hit the equilibrium as people from all continents of the world do not figure on the list but I am sure it will once be true. Very importantly my country men figure twice in the list NOT that it makes me swell with pride but makes me happy that wealth is been distributed around the globe. I fail to understand how people from rich European countries do not figure in the list considering they are high on individual wealth like st="on"Norway which figures 2nd on the list of highest GDP in the world. These countries also claim to have the best living standards but do not have anyone amongst the top 10 richest people in the world. They surely figure somewhere down the list but the top 10 is the place all the billionaires want to be in.
That brings me to this question. ‘Are people in the happiest countries so content that they fail to figure on top slots of richest people in the world or are these countries a classic example of Inclusive growth?” I request you to answer this question in the comments please.
Anyways all I wanted to tell you all is that I wish for a world where the richest people in the world come from all points on this round earth. Imagine the 3rd richest man in the world from the flood hit country like Bangladesh or the 7th richest man in the world from the genocide infamous st="on"style=""Republic of Rwanda. When this happens the wealth would have possibly percolated to the perimeter of this world. Then I am sure I would be glad I am in this country working my part in improving the economy of st="on"India (every drop makes an ocean) and not for development of some other country (at my patriotic best).
As I stopped my diahorea of thinking I was with a anxiety if I would ever figure on that list..even if not i'd be happy (not).
(There are many more thoughts from where this came if you want a piece of my mind dont ask me I possibly might bug you with it if I met you..So long folks!)
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