Oxfam International's Executive Director Amitabh Behar described the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting as filled with 'nervous energy'. The event lacked focus on marginalized communities facing inequality.
Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, says Oxfam
As the five-day World Economic Forum Annual Meeting drew to a close, rights group Oxfam International's Executive Director Amitabh Behar on Friday said it was a WEF with a lot of nervous energy and ca
As the global political economy faces a critical test, global leaders should urgently prioritise strengthening democratic governance and social safeguards in trade rather than undermining them. ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle took this key message to the 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting.
There is increasing disparity in the world today as an "aristocratic oligarchy" is amassing wealth at unforeseen levels, a report published by development organization Oxfam said. Published ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos,
Move over billionaires. The first trillionaires are on their way.
The World Economic Forum kicks off in the Swiss Alpine resort on the same day as the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
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The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is underway this week — and there are calls for taxing the extremely rich to address global inequality.
Oxfam’s new report estimates that 54 percent of billionaire wealth is either inherited or stems from monopoly power.
Oxfam’s ‘Million Pound Pint’ campaign aims to highlight the disparity between the super-rich and the rest of the population.
Last year marked the second-largest annual increase in billionaire wealth since records started, according to Oxfam.