The world’s ten richest men, including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, have increased their wealth by half a trillion dollars since the COVID lockdowns began. A recent report by Oxfam reveals that huge numbers of the population have been plunged into poverty and have seen “the worst jobs crisis in over 90 years with hundreds […]
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World’s Ten Richest Men See Wealth Increase by Half a Trillion Dollars Since COVID Lockdowns
World’s Ten Richest People See Wealth Increase By Half A Trillion Dollars Since Beginning of COVID
By Arjun Walia A recent report by Oxfam shows that “the world’s ten richest men have seen their combined wealth increase by half a trillion dollars since the pandemic began.” On the other hand, the majority of people have been ushered into “the worst jobs crisis in over 90 years with hundreds of millions of […]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, to step down as company’s chief executive
Jeff Bezos is stepping down from his role as Amazon’s chief executive, the e-commerce and tech company has announced. The world’s second richest man confirmed his move in an internal announcement to it’s 1.3 million employees on Tuesday, adding that he would transition to executive chair of the Amazon Board in autumn. He will be […]
Mansa Musa: The Richest Man in History
When people think of the richest people in history , more often than not they think of industrialists from the modern era, such as the Rothschilds, the Rockefellers, or the Carnegies. Perhaps some would also name current billionaires such as Bill Gates, Carlos Slim, or the many wealthy Arab sheiks. However, the richest person in […]
How Some Of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing
Above photo: Ashana Cunningham, center, lives with her wife, India Cunningham, and her three children — Ansoneya Mitchener, 15; Robert Hallums, 12, right; and Brandon Mitchener, 9 — in a three-bedroom apartment in a Bridgeport shelter. Cloe Poisson, special to ProPublica. Separated by design. In southwest Connecticut, the gap between rich and poor is wider […]
If Americans Accept Zionist Tyranny Starvation Will Happen in the Richest Country in the World
By infostormer -December 8, 20200 Restaurants are getting decimated across the country. 110,000 of them have already been forced out of business in 2020 thanks to government mandated lockdown orders.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1336390885106458627&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Finfostormer.com%2F110000-restaurants-have-closed-across-america%2F&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px It’s been estimated that this represents about 1 of 6 restaurants operating in the country. That is a ton of jobs lost that will not be coming […]
Jewish philanthropist Joseph Safra, worlds richest banker, dies at 82
SAO PAULO – Lebanese-Brazilian financier Joseph Safra, who built a banking empire spanning from Brazil to Switzerland and a fortune that made him the world’s wealthiest banker, has died at the age of 82, Banco Safra said. Safra helped run and expand his family’s commercial and private-banking realm, catering to an affluent clientele from São […]
“It’s going to be a billionaire Thanksgiving.” Wealth of US richest just hit $1 trillion since the start of the pandemic
Throughout the past four decades, and even more apparent during the current coronavirus pandemic, wealth inequality in the United States has intensified. Since the pandemic began back in March the wealth of the richest billionaires just hit $1 trillion. According to Inequality.org, some of the big gains include: Elon Musk’s wealth grew over $100 billion […]
Richest 50 Americans now have as much wealth as bottom 165 million
Counter Information Gabriel Black The Federal Reserve released data this week on US household wealth that documents the acceleration of wealth inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic. A large homeless encampment near downtown St. Louis [Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Roberson] In the second quarter of 2020, the bottom 50 percent of households—some 165 million people—held $2.08 trillion, […]
World’s richest 1% produced ‘double the CO2 of the poorest half’
The world’s richest 10% were responsible for more than half of cumulative carbon emissions in the quarter-century to 2015, according to new estimates. Oxfam International and the Stockholm Environment Institute made the claim in a new report published on Monday (September 21). It says the climate crisis is being driven by the accumulation of CO2 […]
Going Underground – Oxfam: 82% of wealth created in 2017 went to the richest 1%
Going Underground – Oxfam: 82% of wealth created in 2017 went to the richest 1% Going Underground with Afshin Rattansiyoutube.com We speak to Deputy Head Researcher at Oxfam Deborah Hardoon who explains the NGOs latest inequality report. LIKE Going Underground http://fb.me/GoingUndergroundRTFOLLOW Going Underground http://twitter.com/Underground_RTFOLLOW Afshin Rattansi http://twitter.com/AfshinRattansiFOLLOW on Instagram http://instagram.com/officialgoingund… View the original video for […]
Watching The Hawks – Survival of the Richest w/ Donald Jeffries
Watching The Hawks – Survival of the Richest w/ Donald Jeffries Watching The Hawksyoutube.com Sean Stone sits down with author and researcher Donald Jeffries to discuss wealth inequality and the wealth inequality currently choking the United States. LIKE Watching the Hawks @ http://fb.me/WatchingTheHawksFOLLOW WATCHING THE HAWKS ON INSTAGRAM @ https://instagram.com/watchingthehawks/FOLLOW Tyrel Ventura @ http://twitter.com/TyrelWatchingFOLLOW Tabetha […]
World’s richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1tn this year
The world’s 500 richest people have increased their wealth by $1tn (£745bn) so far this year due to a huge increase in the value of global stock markets, which are likely to finish 2017 at record highs. The big increase in the fortunes of the ultra-wealthy comes as billions of poorer people across […]
Can’t the richest country on earth agree on some common policies and get elected to enact them?
Can’t the richest country on earth agree on some common policies and get elected to enact them? By Dark Politricks It is the last decades of the US Empire. Their banks are empty and they refuse to give countries like Germany their Gold back when asked. In fact some bars from the famous Fort Knox […]
Saudi Arabia arrests second richest man in kingdom
Saudi authorities have arrested Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi a duel national with Saudi and Ethiopian citizen and is reportedly the second richest Saudi, after Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. While bin Talal’s arrest has gained most media attention. Al-Amoudi’s arrest is especially important because it could potentially destabilize the economy of an entire country, according […]
Richest 1% own half the world’s wealth, study finds
The globe’s richest 1% own half the world’s wealth, according to a new report highlighting the growing gap between the super-rich and everyone else. The world’s richest people have seen their share of the globe’s total wealth increase from 42.5% at the height of the 2008 financial crisis to 50.1% in 2017, […]
Saudi Arabia Is About To Confiscate $33 Billion From Four Of Its Richest People
Earlier today, when discussing the Saudi bank account and asset freeze (and confiscation) of dozens of princes and ministers, we said that just the haul of billionaire prince Alwaleed’s $19 billion in various holdings, including nearly a billion dollars in jewelry, plans, yachts, furniture and cash… … would be an efficient […]
"It Could Open A Pandora’s Box": Italy’s 2 Richest Regions Are Voting In Historic Autonomy Referendums
Voters in Italy’s two wealthiest northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto are voting on Sunday in referendums for greater autonomy from Rome, in which a positive outcome could fan regional tensions in Europe at a time when neighboring Spain is cracking down to prevent Catalonia from breaking away. […]
COMMENTARY: Richest Regions Of Veneto & Lombardy Go To Polls Over Autonomy
Read more Polling stations are open from 7 am to 11 am on Sunday, with results expected to be counted late into the night, the local press reports. Over 12 million of citizens will be offered a choice of voting ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘blank’ by tapping the screen of a tablet fitted to a polling […]