
Hong Kong has the biggest wealth gap in Asia
The wealth of its 10 richest people equals nearly half the economy, says Bloomberg.
From Bloomberg: Mrs. Lau can’t help but glance nervously at the calendar. Her next paycheck isn’t for a week, and she doesn’t have enough money to feed her family of four crammed into her small, government-subsidized Hong Kong apartment. Her husband can’t work, and the kids don’t understand why their mother keeps buying stale food.