This Monday, January 20, the World Economic Forum in Davos opens, the traditional annual meeting of the most fortunate on the planet. An Oxfam report highlights that the wealth of billionaires increased by $2 trillion last year, three times faster than in 2023, while the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since. 1990. The NGO calls for fairer taxation to reduce inequalities and warns of the democratic risk linked to this concentration of wealth.
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Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than in 2023, says Oxfam
