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on Saturday January 27 2018, @12:43PM
from the I-got-mine!-And-Yours.-And-Yours.-Annnnnd-yours,-too. dept.
from the I-got-mine!-And-Yours.-And-Yours.-Annnnnd-yours,-too. dept.
The 1% grabbed 82% of all wealth created in 2017
More than $8 of every $10 of wealth created last year went to the richest 1%.
That's according to a new report from Oxfam International, which estimates that the bottom 50% of the world's population saw no increase in wealth.
Oxfam says the trend shows that the global economy is skewed in favor of the rich, rewarding wealth instead of work.
"The billionaire boom is not a sign of a thriving economy but a symptom of a failing economic system," said Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Oxfam International.
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Only 1% of World's Population Grabbed 82% of all 2017 Wealth
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 28 2018, @08:51AM (2 children)
At top of the page this thread says 213 comments but the Threshold/Breakthrough dropdowns only list 183 comments at -1.
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Sunday January 28 2018, @01:30PM (1 child)
I don't think it's a bug. It's because there are so many comments that it's split across two pages. If you add together the Threshold/Breakthrough totals for both pages you'll get your grand total. You switch pages by clicking the page number at the bottom.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 29 2018, @11:42AM
Looks like that's right. So not a bug but a feature [ixquick.com].