Australians are the richest people in the world.

[bilby]

Australians are the richest people in the world - and the USA doesn't even make the Top Ten:



Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!!

 

[excreationist]

"....in the US, for example, the top 0.1 per cent of US households hold as much wealth as the bottom 90 per cent..."

 

[bilby]

"....in the US, for example, the top 0.1 per cent of US households hold as much wealth as the bottom 90 per cent..."

This comes as a surprise to you??

 

[Patooka]

191k, eh? That's almost enough for a deposit for a 1 bedroom apartment in Sydney

 

[bilby]

191k, eh? That's almost enough for a deposit for a 1 bedroom apartment in Sydney

Only if they ask you before you fill up at the local servo...

 

[Patooka]

Not true. Petrol's back to $1.55/L. Jokes aside, not sure about the number crunching here. Last time I checked, overall Australia is swimming in credit debt.

 

[bilby]

Not true. Petrol's back to $1.55/L. Jokes aside, not sure about the number crunching here. Last time I checked, overall Australia is swimming in credit debt.

Queenslanders cut their wrists if it's more than $1.45.

Jokes aside, I understand the figures are for net wealth - debts of all kinds are included in the calculation. (Which is why the figures are so low compared to Sydney property prices).

 

[Tigers!]

I have just emptied my pockets and opened my wallet.

I would love to see a 'grey nurse' ($50) or any paper money for that matter.
I need to find who has my share ask for it nicely.

Is a calm sense of self-satisfaction worth anything?
And Turnbull is gone. that must be worth something.

 

[bilby]

I have just emptied my pockets and opened my wallet.

I would love to see a 'grey nurse' ($50) or any paper money for that matter.
I need to find who has my share ask for it nicely.

Is a calm sense of self-satisfaction worth anything?
And Turnbull is gone. that must be worth something.

A grey nurse was $100. And we haven't had paper money for more than twenty years...

 

[ZiprHead]

Yeah, but everything in Australia wants to kill you.

 

[James Brown]

 

[jonatha]

A grey nurse was $100.

Why?

I find a webpage that says it's because of the gray nurse shark, but there's no fish on any of the $100 notes whose images I can find on the web.

The lady on the $50 was at least involved in children's charity work...

 

[Patooka]

It was called a grey nurse because of its colour. Since then, Australian notes have switched to being comprised of a polymer compound to reduce counterfeiting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_one_hundred-dollar_note

 

[Canard DuJour]

Australians are the richest people in the world - and the USA doesn't even make the Top Ten:

Not in the least surprised. I know where I'd move to.

 

[WAB]

 

[WAB]

It was called a grey nurse because of its colour. Since then, Australian notes have switched to being comprised of a polymer compound to reduce counterfeiting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_one_hundred-dollar_note

So you Aussies have Alec Baldwin on your money? I thought he was Canadian?

 

[skepticalbip]

It was called a grey nurse because of its colour. Since then, Australian notes have switched to being comprised of a polymer compound to reduce counterfeiting.

So you Aussies have Alec Baldwin on your money? I thought he was Canadian?

And here I thought it was Sean Connery and wondering why they would have a bloody Scot on their currency.

 

[Patooka]

It was called a grey nurse because of its colour. Since then, Australian notes have switched to being comprised of a polymer compound to reduce counterfeiting.

So you Aussies have Alec Baldwin on your money? I thought he was Canadian?

And here I thought it was Sean Connery and wondering why they would have a bloody Scot on their currency.

As I said, that was the old pre-1996 $100 bill. The newer, plastic one looks like this:

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Australians are the richest people in the world - and the USA doesn't even make the Top Ten:

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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!!

Redo the calculation with dollars adjusted for purchasing power parity.

 

[bilby]

Australians are the richest people in the world - and the USA doesn't even make the Top Ten:

View attachment 18707

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!!

Redo the calculation with dollars adjusted for purchasing power parity.

What did your last slave die of?