Oxfam's Takers not Makers report, Davos 2025. We propose a flat rate of 1.5% on all net wealth above €4.6 million or a progressive tax of 2% on net wealth above €4.6 million, 3% on net wealth above €46 million and 5% on wealth above €923 million.Oxfam estimates that such a tax, if fully implemented, could yield between €4 - 9 billion a year for the Irish exchequer.

Jan 20, 2025 · Oxfam’s inequality report “Takers not Makers” released today at Davos 2025 reveals the shocking scale of inequality driven by systems that prioritize wealth and power over the well-being of people and planet. Wealth inequality is not just a statistic, it’s a daily reality for billions of people struggling to survive while watching the ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Oxfam publishes “Takers Not Makers” today as business elites gather in the Swiss resort town of Davos and billionaire Donald Trump, backed by the world’s richest man Elon Musk, is inaugurated as President of the United States. “The capture of our global economy by a privileged few has reached heights once considered unimaginable.

Jan 20, 2025 · NEW Oxfam Report Billionaire wealth has risen three times faster in 2024 than in 2023. At least five trillionaires are now expected within a decade. ... inequality davos WEF Billionaires Super-rich trillionaire inheritance tax inheritance monopoly crony connections cronyism Colonialism poverty richest 1% debt debt cancellation World Bank UN Tax ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Oxfam International executive director Amitabh Behar poses in Davos during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on Jan. 20, 2025. Oxfam's latest report, "Takers Not Makers," warns of five ...

Jan 14, 2020 · Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published by Oxfam today to mark the annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos.

Jan 23, 2025 · According to Oxfam’s 2025 Davos report, $30 million flowed from Africa to the pockets of the richest 1% in rich nations every hour in 2024. ... Oxfam predicts there will be at least five trillionaires a decade from now. 204 new billionaires were minted in 2024, nearly four every week. Sixty percent of billionaire wealth is now…

Jan 20, 2025 · DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world’s political and financial elite prepared for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Oxfam International, in its latest assessment of global inequality timed to the ...

Jan 15, 2024 · The world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organization Oxfam International said Monday Jan. 15, 2024 in its annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos.

As Oxfam’s report shows, the richest 1% bagged nearly two-thirds of all new wealth over the past two years, nearly twice as much money as the bottom 99% of the world’s population.