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The rich get richer

The rich get richer
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As the World Economic Forum prepares to get underway at Davos in Switzerland, the charity Oxfam has published a report claiming that by 2016 half of

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As the World Economic Forum prepares to get underway at Davos in Switzerland, the charity Oxfam has published a report claiming that by 2016 half of the world’s wealth will be owned by just one percent of the population.

Oxfam says it will use the meeting, which starts on Wednesday, to call on governments to do more to tackle inequality.

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