Billionaires

Which are the countries with the biggest number of billionaires?

• China

• India

• the USA

• Emirates

• Switzerland

By 2017 China was minting ....

• 2 new billionaires a week

• 2 new billionaires a month

• 2 new billionaires a year

Types of billionaires. Choose:

• self-made

• oil

• kleptocrats

• tech-industry

Who are "kleptocrats"?

• people who got rich due to their connections

• politically connected people who got rich of natural resources

• tech industry billionaires

Who said that "It's a shame for a rich person to die with their wealth"?

• Donald Trump

• John Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Bill Gates

What characterised "the gilded age"?

• massive corruption

• political connections

• the rich were barely taxed

• industrial revolution

• technical progress

Michael Jordan made $90 million playing basketball, but his corporate partnerships were worth about $1 billion.

• true

• false

"Money just makes money". What does that mean?

• Money attracts money, it's like energy

• Billionaires make more money with capital income (patents, copyrights, likeness, stocks)

• When you earn a lot, you get more financial opportunities because of being rich