It is a simple figure that highlights the inequalities in our world: the 62 richest people own as much as our planet’s poorest 50 percent, a new Oxfam report published for this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) has shown. It also has revealed that not only are the rich getting richer, but devastatingly, the poorest are being hit the hardest.
Inequality has a huge impact on the...
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