Canada is facing “crisis levels” of economic inequality as billionaire wealth soars and millions struggle with basic needs, ...

With the potential anointment of Elon Musk as the world’s first trillionaire on the horizon, Oxfam, the global organization fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice, released a new analysis ...

Billionaire wealth jumped three times faster in 2025 than in the previous five years to its highest peak ever, new figures have has shown, sparking warnings of dangerous political inequality. Figures ...

The world's top 1% accumulated trillions in wealth over the past decade, while life-saving aid faces cuts, according to a Thursday Oxfam International report. Why it matters: The amount of wealth that ...

Oxfam analysis says Tesla's pay, tax and governance practices have fueled Musk's wealth and widened inequality as he nears ...

The number of billionaires worldwide continues to rise, and their wealth is growing at an accelerating pace, according to a report published by Oxfam ahead of the start of the World Economic Forum in ...

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Fortunes of the country’s 22 billionaires doubled in last five years, reaching unprecedented collective wealth of $219bn ...

In 2000, Africa had no billionaires. Today it has 23 whose, combined wealth has soared by 56% in just the past five years, reaching a staggering $112.6 billion. Africa’s richest 5% hold nearly $4 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been good for the wallets of the wealthy. Some 573 people have joined the billionaire ranks since 2020, bringing the worldwide total to 2,668, according to an analysis ...

Across cultures, people often wrestle with whether having lots of money is a blessing, a burden or a moral problem. According ...

The wealth of just 3,000 people could "eliminate annual poverty 22 times over," a new paper says, but global goals are increasingly favoring the rich. It’s not just wealthy people giving less: ...