The total welfare of the 81 most wealthy person on the planet exceeds half of the total world wealth, the report of the charity organization Oxfam.
Over the past two years, 1% of the richest people of the planet have increased their fortune by $ 26 trillion, while the global indicator has increased by $ 42 trillion.
That is, the most wealthy ones accounted for two -thirds of growth, while the remaining 99% of the population in conjunction increased their fortune by only $ 16 trillion, the report presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos said. This indicates that the pace of accumulation of funds to the richest people accelerated.
Oxfam International Executive Director Gabriela Bukhree called for increasing taxes for super -rich, saying that this is an “indispensable condition for reducing inequality and revival of democracy.” In her opinion, changes in tax policy will help to cope with the ongoing crises around the world.
1% of the richest people account for 45.6% of the global state, 50% with the least income – only 0.75%, follows from Oxfam.
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Over the past two years, the wealth of billionaires on average increased by $ 2.7 billion per day.
Many of the richest people on the planet almost do not pay taxes. For example, a real tax rate in one of the richest people in the history of Ilon Mask, the head of the Tesla electric vehicles manufacturer, is 3.2%.
Another richest person is the head of Amazon.com Inc. Jeff Bezos – pays taxes at a rate of less than 1%. Meanwhile, one of the market traders with whom Oxfam works in Uganda, Aber Christin pays 40% of income in the form of taxes.