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10 richest men double their fortunes in pandemic while incomes of 99 per cent of humanity fall

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Monday, January 17, 2022

Billionaires' wealth has risen more in the 22 months since COVID-19 began than it has in the last 14 years.

Key Points: 
  • Billionaires' wealth has risen more in the 22 months since COVID-19 began than it has in the last 14 years.
  • All this, while still leaving these men $10 billionbetter off than they were before the pandemic.
  • The world's response to the pandemic has unleashed this economic violence particularly acutely across racialized, marginalized and gendered lines.
  • The 252 richest men have more wealth than all one billion women and girls in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean combined.