Show THE WEALTH 0 OF F NATIONS our country has more than a quarter of th the W worlds riches the wealth of the united states is is more than a fourth as great as that of all of the rest of the world put together so reports prof francois a student of political economy in a recent number of monde modeane Mo derne a french publication he places the wealth of this count country 7 at francs which is is equivalent to about 01 and that of the other eighteen countries covered by his statistics ut at francs according to this statistician the value of all property owned in england including money in circulation is 0 francs less than this count rys wealth third place is given to france with band and fourth to germany with fi francs ancs then come russia with austria hungary with 6 spain with italy with or billiards milliards milli ards and as the r reach french say of francs the these e are the richest countries of the world oria there are four in the list italy spain russia and austria hun gary whose combined wealth is only a little larger than that of the united states it is true that much of the wealth of this country is in the bands of comparatively ively few people even if the in inequality equality were as bad as reported b by y the worst of the discontents dis contents the condition of the masses here bere would still be much better than it is in europe wealth is more concentrated even in england than in the united states |