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Global Wealth

Who is in the world’s wealthiest elite, and where do they live? Plus, the world’s best and worst board-games.

Who is in the world’s wealthiest elite, and where do they live? Which are the world’s best and worst board-games? Oliver Roeder, a senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, says a statistical analysis can tell us. Things do not look good for Monopoly and Snakes and Ladders.

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