The world’s top 10 richest people add $1.3 billion each day
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The spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has hit the people’s livelihood and economy of various countries and deepened the gap between the rich and the poor. A recent report by the international charity organization Oxfam pointed out that the total assets of the world’s top 10 richest people doubled during the two-year period of the outbreak, from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion, an average of $1.5 trillion per person. $15,000 per second or $1.3 billion per day. And their combined assets have exceeded the combined total of the world’s 3.1 billion poorest people. Oxfam chief executive Abby Maxman said it was an unprecedented period of prosperity for billionaires. This phenomenon is mainly related to the recovery of financial markets and the shift to online transactions. In this regard, the “Patriotic Millionaires” organization composed of multi-national millionaires appealed to governments at the online World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 19: “Tax us now!” ). Calling on governments to impose permanent wealth taxes on the super-rich to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor and provide more budgets for public health services, the statement was also endorsed by entertainment giant Disney heiress Abigail. More than 100 millionaires, including Abigail Disney, co-signed. The report pointed out that the epidemic has pushed regarding 160 million people into poverty, and one person is killed every 4 seconds. According to statistics, an estimated 5.6 million people die each year due to lack of medical care in poor countries, and the proportion of patients dying from new coronary pneumonia in developing countries is twice that in rich countries. Experts pointed out that the main reason for exacerbating inequality during the epidemic was the uneven distribution of vaccines. More than 75% of the population in high-income countries were vaccinated, compared with only 7% in low-income countries.