Richest 62 people own as much as half of world’s population – Oxfam

An international charity said on Monday that the wealthiest 62 people on earth now own as much as half the world’s population.

Oxfam said in a report released in London ahead of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland that some 3.5 billion people have grown poorer as the super-rich have grown richer.

It said the wealth of the richest 62 people has risen by 44 per cent since 2010, while the wealth of the poorest 3.5 billion fell 41 per cent.
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