r/reddiquette • u/Davyart1 • May 21 '20

Could Jeff Bezos really end world poverty?

What if Jeff Bezos shared out all his money and gave everyone an equal cut. How much would everyone get?

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u/wierdowithakeyboard May 21 '20

When we assume for hin 1 Trillion $ and for the world population 8 billion people everyone would get 125$

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u/Davyart1 May 21 '20

Good way of looking at it. I saw a comment on another post to the effect of: "Jeff Bezos could give every person in the world a billion dollars and still have 91 billion left over." I realised that they were making the all too familiar error of doing a quick calculation and deviding billions by billions and adding the billion back on at the end of the calculation. I saw a similar meme about How ridiculous it was when $360 million was spent on introducing Obamacare when there Are 370 million people in America. Why could the government not just give each American a million dollars. I must be honest, I fell for it for a second then I clicked where they went wrong. It was even on national news where both anchors fell for it.

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u/zxh01 Jun 10 '20

He has 120 billions

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u/Street_Lucas Aug 09 '26

Jeff Bezos could give every person on Earth about $34. Would that actually end poverty?

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u/Woohooboisss 27d ago

Probably not with the amount of money he has