On the home page of Oxfam’s website in May 2019, very interesting statistics are thrown on the rich-poor gap under the header, “Extreme poverty vs. extreme wealth: how big is the inequality gap?”. The first statistic is: The wealth of the world’s billionaires increased by $900 billion in the last year which is $2.5 billion a day. Last year 26 people owned the same as 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity. Every day 10,000 people die because they lack access to affordable healthcare. Oxfam adds,…
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