NEW Oxfam Report Billionaire wealth has risen three times faster in 2024 than in 2023. At least five trillionaires are now expected within a decade. ... inequality davos WEF Billionaires Super-rich trillionaire inheritance tax inheritance monopoly crony connections cronyism Colonialism poverty richest 1% debt debt cancellation World Bank UN Tax ...

May 23, 2022 · The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population, reveals a new report from Oxfam today ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

Jan 15, 2025 · Davos 2025, with its theme of "Collaboration in the Intelligent Age," is poised to provide an opportunity for world leaders to address the defining challenges of our time.

Jan 20, 2025 · Billionaire wealth surged by $2 trillion in 2024—equivalent to $5.7 billion per day—as global inequality reached unprecedented levels, Oxfam International reported Monday.

Jan 20, 2025 · Anjela Taneja and Harry Bignell introduce Oxfam’s 2025 Davos report, which reveals the scale of unearned wealth — and how those riches are built on a colonial legacy of exploitative global systems.

Oxfam’s report details how our deeply unequal world is built on a legacy of historical colonialism and also how colonialism now has a modern-day form. Methodology on wealth and income statistics. “The capture of our global economy by a privileged few has reached heights once considered unimaginable.

Jan 20, 2025 · Oxfam said billionaire wealth grew by $2 trillion last year, or roughly $5.7 billion a day, three-times faster than in 2023. The number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769, and the 10 richest men saw their wealth rise nearly $100 million a day on average, it said.

Jan 15, 2024 · The world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organization Oxfam International said Monday Jan. 15, 2024 in its annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos.

Jan 15, 2024 · As the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos, the charity Oxfam has issued its annual report on wealth, poverty and inequality. It makes some bold assertions. But there are skeptics.

Jan 15, 2024 · Oxfam, the British-founded confederation of charitable organizations which is dedicated to alleviating global poverty, annually publishes an inequality report to mark the start of the...