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===Wealth and social class===
[[File:Global-share-of-wealth-by-wealth-group-768x409.png|thumb|260px|Global share of wealth by wealth group, Credit Suisse, 2017]]
[[Social class]] is not identical to wealth, but the two concepts are related (particularly in [[Marxist philosophy|Marxist theory]]), leading to the concept of [[social class]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book|author=Grant, J. Andrew|title=Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy: Entries A–F|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2001|isbn=978-0-415-24350-6|editor=Jones, R.J. Barry|page=161|chapter=class, definition of|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a29qBofx8Y8C&pg=PA161}}</ref> leading to the concept of [[socioeconomic status]]. Wealth at the individual or household level refers to value of everything a person or family owns, including [[personal property]] and [[Financial asset|financial assets]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Team|first=The Investopedia|title=Wealth Definition|url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wealth.asp|access-date=2021-06-13|website=Investopedia|language=en}}</ref>
 
In both Marxist and Weberian theory, class is divided into [[Upper class|upper]], [[Middle class|middle]], and [[Lower class|lower]], with each further subdivided (e.g., [[upper middle class]]).<ref name=":0" />