Billionaires' wealth skyrocketed last year, anti-poverty group says ahead of Davos gathering
Billionaires' wealth soared in 2024, a top anti-poverty group said ahead of an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland of some of the world's political and financial elite.
Billionaires' wealth soared in 2024, anti-poverty group says as the elites prepare for another Davos
Billionaire’s wealth has grown faster last year, and now the world can expect at least five trillionaires within a decade, even as the number of people in poverty has barely budged since 1990
Oxfam says billionaires’ wealth soared in 2024, with 4 ‘minted’ every week
Group’s report comes as the world’s political and financial elite prepare for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland.
Billionaire wealth growing at 'unimaginable' rate as poverty persists, Oxfam says
Oxfam's annual inequality report shows the rapid acceleration of wealth accumulation by the world's richest in 2024, as 44 percent of the world continues to live in poverty. FRANCE 24's Business
Billionaires' wealth soared in 2024, anti-poverty group says as the elites head to Davos
Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported Jan. 20 as some of the world's political and financial
Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, says Oxfam as world leaders meet for Davos
Billionaire wealth surged last year, with the world's richest individuals adding $2 trillion to their pockets in 2024, according to a new report released Monday.
Billionaires’ wealth soared in 2024, at least five trillionaires expected in next decade, anti-poverty group says
The anti-poverty group Oxfam International's latest report on global inequality is calling for caps on CEO pay, better salaries for workers, and echoes former President Joe Biden's call for higher taxes on the wealthiest to get them to pay their fair share.
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Oxfam: 'Centuries of wrong-headed policy decisions and bipartisan embrace of capitalist policy-making'
Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, top anti-poverty group Oxfam International reported in its latest assessment of global inequality as some of the world's ...
‘We're in the era of the billionaire,' human rights expert says. Here's why wealth accumulation is accelerating
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"TaxTheSuperRich" is a protester motto at the Davos forum. Would that end inequality?
Even places like Switzerland have abolished inheritance tax, he says, because it's easy to avoid. "Taxation is [based] on ...
Billionaire wealth surges as Oxfam predicts five trillionaires in decade
Billionaire wealth grew by $2tn in 2024, three times faster than the previous year, according to Oxfam's latest report on ...
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Anti-poverty group says billionaires’ wealth soared in 2024 as the elites prepare for another Davos
Switzerland. Oxfam International, in its latest assessment of global inequality timed to the opening of the World Economic Forum meeting, also predicts at least five trillionaires will crop up ...
Costco successfully defends its diversity policies as other U.S. companies scale theirs back
According to results shared by Costco executives at its annual meeting Thursday, more than 98% of shares voted against the ...
How global inequalities hinder climate action
Climate breakdown and inequality are deeply interwoven, with each crisis exacerbates the other; according to a new report.
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