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Oxford Economics, for instance, estimates the richest 20% of households are now buying more than half of all the new cars in the country.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
It’s a chance to chill for the people of a nation — once among the richest in Latin America — that has endured more than a decade of economic meltdown, political turmoil and mass emigration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Adani, one of India's richest men and a vocal backer of Trump on social media, has been rocked in recent years by corporate fraud allegations and a stock crash.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The businessman also owns The Washington Post and aerospace company Blue Origin and was ranked as the world's richest person in 2021.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Henry Laurens of South Carolina, the president of the Continental Congress for a term, had become one of America’s richest men by shipping as many as 8,000 people from Africa to America.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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