The World's Staggering Wealth Divide

Global Inequality

In the run-up to the Davos meeting hosted by the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, observers have pointed out that the success of nationalist populism around the world might be connected to rising inequality. According to Oxfam, the richest eight people own as much as the whole poorer half of the world’s population.

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