How did the super-rich become super-rich and what effect does their wealth have on us?
Britain has more billionaires living in it than any other place on the planet.
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The super-rich were wooed to the country by the idea that their vast wealth would trickle down to the rest of society. But that never happened and now the country is the most economically unbalanced in Europe. Journalist Jacques Peretti investigates what went wrong and how the super-rich are transforming the nation.
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