In short, billionaires are bad for the economy. How bad? Check out these top five ways: 1. Most billionaire wealth is taken, not earned. About 60 percent of billionaire wealth comes from one of three ...

BEL MOONEY: Even now Oxfam shops are touting a nice promotion - a 'Mother's Day Gift Guide'. One special offer is a free Mother's Day card when you buy a Fairtrade chocolate heart.

"This is not just bad for the economy, it is bad for humanity," he said. Oxfam cited the World Bank data that the actual number of people living on less than USD 6.85 a day has barely changed ...

Oxfam International released a report Sunday that predicts a trillionaire could emerge over the next 10 years, while it would take 230 years to end poverty. ... “That is the bad news.

Anti-poverty charity Oxfam handed up to £349,000 to just one employee in a year. Struggling workers are striking for the first time in the organisation’s 81-year history over poor pay. Some 8% ...

Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the previous year, anti-poverty group Oxfam International reported in its latest assessment of global inequality as some of the world's ...

But Oxfam, which tries to spotlight the growing disparities between the super-rich and the bulk of the global population, says the gap has been "supercharged" since the COVID pandemic.

Oxfam has rated North Carolina as the "worst state" for workers for three straight years, with the group pointing to its low minimum wage of $7.25 (also the federal baseline), ...

As the wealth of the world’s richest people accelerates at a faster pace than previously predicted, the global charity expects to see at least five trillionaires within a decade.

News; Politics; Oxfam demands higher taxes on super yachts and private jets to hit 'worst polluters' Oxfam believes slapping extra taxes on the "extremely rich" as well as fossil fuel firms could ...

A new Oxfam analysis released as the leaders of the Group of 7 nations met in Hiroshima, Japan, shows G7 countries collectively owe poor nations in the Global South more than $13 trillion in ...