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>>> for the past two years the
world economic forum has put
wealth inequality at the top of
its list of global risks and the
statistics surrounding that
inequality are striking.
credit suisse says the global 1%
holds half of the world's
wealth.
and here in america the three
richest men have the same amount
of wealth as the entire bottom
50% of the population.
that's according to the
institute for equality studies.
it leads to serious economic
problems but political ones as
well.
what to do?
my next guest is a 1 percenter
or 0.1 percenter who grew up
differently and is putting his
money and mouth behind a novel
solution.
facebook co-founder chris hughes
has a new book called "fair
shot: rethinking inequality and
how we earn."
chris, thanks for coming on.
>> thanks for having me.
>> you start the book by talking
about how you grew up which is
very different circumstances
than you're in now.
what was it like?
>> i grew up in a town in
hickory, north carolina,...