
"For every person with more than $30 million, there are over 4800 people living in extreme poverty," said Jenny Ricks of the Fight Inequality Alliance.
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"For every person with more than $30 million, there are over 4800 people living in extreme poverty," said Jenny Ricks of the Fight Inequality Alliance.
According to a new study released this week by an alliance of major organizations, the wealth gap keeps growing as the world's richest get richer at the expense of the poor.
The World Wealth Report from Oxfam, Greenpeace, and other groups found that while the total number of millionaires worldwide jumped to 15.4 million—up by nearly 5 million since 2009—more than 702 million people remain in poverty worldwide.
"For every person with more than $30 million, over 4800 people are living in extreme poverty," said Jenny Ricks of the Fight Inequality Alliance. "This gross inequality is a symptom of an unjust and unfair economic system that allows the rich to get richer at the expense of the poor."
Some of the findings include:
The figures were compiled by the wealth management group Capgemini. The report also notes that the firm "failed to predict" the global response to rising inequality and the disparities the Panama Papers exposed, revealing how global leaders use offshore tax havens to hide their wealth and other similar scandals.
As TeleSUR notes, "the issue of inequality accounted for 7 percent of global protests over a seven-year period, according to a 2013 study conducted by the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University."
And it's no wonder. Ricks continued, "Last year the wealth of the richest totalled $58.7 trillion, which is over 150 times the size of the economies of all of the world's poorest countries combined. This shows the extent money and power are concentrated in the hands of the wealthiest few."
"The global inequality crisis is undermining the struggle for a fairer and more sustainable world, trampling on the rights of women, workers, and the poorest families," she said.
The findings were published just days before the UK voted to leave the European Union, making the report's final message hard to swallow. The alliance called on global leaders to "reverse cuts to public spending, privatization, tax breaks for the wealthy, and the race to the bottom on human rights."
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According to a new study released this week by an alliance of major organizations, the wealth gap keeps growing as the world's richest get richer at the expense of the poor.
The World Wealth Report from Oxfam, Greenpeace, and other groups found that while the total number of millionaires worldwide jumped to 15.4 million—up by nearly 5 million since 2009—more than 702 million people remain in poverty worldwide.
"For every person with more than $30 million, over 4800 people are living in extreme poverty," said Jenny Ricks of the Fight Inequality Alliance. "This gross inequality is a symptom of an unjust and unfair economic system that allows the rich to get richer at the expense of the poor."
Some of the findings include:
The figures were compiled by the wealth management group Capgemini. The report also notes that the firm "failed to predict" the global response to rising inequality and the disparities the Panama Papers exposed, revealing how global leaders use offshore tax havens to hide their wealth and other similar scandals.
As TeleSUR notes, "the issue of inequality accounted for 7 percent of global protests over a seven-year period, according to a 2013 study conducted by the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University."
And it's no wonder. Ricks continued, "Last year the wealth of the richest totalled $58.7 trillion, which is over 150 times the size of the economies of all of the world's poorest countries combined. This shows the extent money and power are concentrated in the hands of the wealthiest few."
"The global inequality crisis is undermining the struggle for a fairer and more sustainable world, trampling on the rights of women, workers, and the poorest families," she said.
The findings were published just days before the UK voted to leave the European Union, making the report's final message hard to swallow. The alliance called on global leaders to "reverse cuts to public spending, privatization, tax breaks for the wealthy, and the race to the bottom on human rights."
According to a new study released this week by an alliance of major organizations, the wealth gap keeps growing as the world's richest get richer at the expense of the poor.
The World Wealth Report from Oxfam, Greenpeace, and other groups found that while the total number of millionaires worldwide jumped to 15.4 million—up by nearly 5 million since 2009—more than 702 million people remain in poverty worldwide.
"For every person with more than $30 million, over 4800 people are living in extreme poverty," said Jenny Ricks of the Fight Inequality Alliance. "This gross inequality is a symptom of an unjust and unfair economic system that allows the rich to get richer at the expense of the poor."
Some of the findings include:
The figures were compiled by the wealth management group Capgemini. The report also notes that the firm "failed to predict" the global response to rising inequality and the disparities the Panama Papers exposed, revealing how global leaders use offshore tax havens to hide their wealth and other similar scandals.
As TeleSUR notes, "the issue of inequality accounted for 7 percent of global protests over a seven-year period, according to a 2013 study conducted by the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University."
And it's no wonder. Ricks continued, "Last year the wealth of the richest totalled $58.7 trillion, which is over 150 times the size of the economies of all of the world's poorest countries combined. This shows the extent money and power are concentrated in the hands of the wealthiest few."
"The global inequality crisis is undermining the struggle for a fairer and more sustainable world, trampling on the rights of women, workers, and the poorest families," she said.
The findings were published just days before the UK voted to leave the European Union, making the report's final message hard to swallow. The alliance called on global leaders to "reverse cuts to public spending, privatization, tax breaks for the wealthy, and the race to the bottom on human rights."