Capital equal to 8 rich as 3.6 billion people – Economy News

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Microsoft Founder bill gates. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

Total capital of the eight richest people in the world now amounts to $ 426 billion, the Same amount has the poorest half of humanity, that is, about 3.6 billion people, according to the research conducted by the international charity Oxfam.

8 richest people in the world

1. The founder and major shareholder of the company Microsoft bill gates ($ 75 billion).

2. Spanish entrepreneur, founder of store chain Zara, Amancio Ortega ($ 67 billion).

3. Investor Warren Buffett ($ 60.8 billion).

4. Mexican businessman Carlos slim ($ 50 billion).

5. The Creator of Amazon, Jeff Bezos ($ 45.2 billion).

6. Creator of social network Facebook mark Zuckerberg ($ 44.6 billion).

7. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison ($ 43.6 billion).

8. Media Mogul and former new York mayor Michael Bloomberg ($ 40 billion).

“This dramatic inequality plunges millions of people into poverty, breaking our society and poisoning our politics,” said Vice-President of Oxfam America Paul O’brien.

the State’s richest people is increasing amid rising level of global poverty. According to Oxfam, in the last year the share of the poorest half of humanity in global wealth decreased from 0.7% to 0.2%.

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About 10% of humanity now live on less than us $ 1.9 per day, one in every nine people in the world starving. With about 3 billion people are behind so-called ethical poverty line, i.e. they have no income, the minimum required to ensure normal life expectancy (Oxfam normal life expectancy of 70 years I believe).

“super-rich” don’t just watch the growth of inequality in the world, but fueling it, the report said Oxfam.

“to increase payouts to wealthy shareholders of major corporations to evade taxes, reduce the salaries of workers and prices… Dodging corporations from taxes costs the poorest countries at least $ 100 billion a year. This would be enough to give education 124 million children who do not go to school now, and invest in health enough to prevent the death of at least 6 million children every year,” said the organization.