TE
TechEcho
Home24h TopNewestBestAskShowJobs
GitHubTwitter
Home

TechEcho

A tech news platform built with Next.js, providing global tech news and discussions.

GitHubTwitter

Home

HomeNewestBestAskShowJobs

Resources

HackerNews APIOriginal HackerNewsNext.js

© 2025 TechEcho. All rights reserved.

Oxfam’s Excellent Inequality Report

2 pointsby probeabout 7 years ago

1 comment

probeabout 7 years ago
&quot;Specifically, the world’s billionaires – the richest 2,000 people on the planet – saw their wealth increase by a staggering $762 billion in just one year. That’s an average of $381 million apiece. If those billionaires had simply been content with staying at their 2016 wealth, and had given their one-year gains to the world’s poorest people instead, then extreme poverty would have been eradicated.&quot;<p>This kind of blew my mind (though of course it&#x27;s not as simple as just giving). Full report here - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;d1tn3vj7xz9fdh.cloudfront.net&#x2F;s3fs-public&#x2F;file_attachments&#x2F;bp-reward-work-not-wealth-220118-en.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;d1tn3vj7xz9fdh.cloudfront.net&#x2F;s3fs-public&#x2F;file_attac...</a>