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A recent United Nations study on personal wealth found that having just $2,200 per adult puts a household in the top 50% of the world's richest.

However, thanks to large amounts of consumer debt, "many people in high-income countries have negative net worth and--somewhat paradoxically--are among the poorest people in the world in terms of household wealth."

Live debt free and you too could be the ruler of a small eastern bloc country! — BEN POPKEN

Got $2,200? In this world, you're rich [MarketWatch via Consumerism Commentary]