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The World’s Richest 1% Took Home 82% of Wealth in 2017, Oxfam Says

January 22, 2018 Economy 1

Four out of every five dollars of wealth generated in 2017 ended up in the pockets of the richest 1%, while the poorest half of humanity got nothing, a report published by Oxfam found on Monday. As global political and business leaders gather for this week’s World Economic Forum annual …

Luxembourg, Ireland, Netherlands among worst tax havens

December 12, 2016 Economy Comments Off on Luxembourg, Ireland, Netherlands among worst tax havens

A report published by the charity non-governmental organization OXFAM exposes the worst offenders in the ‘race to the bottom on corporate tax.’ Luxembourg, Ireland, Cyprus, and the Netherlands are among the world’s 10 worst tax havens, despite an ongoing EU crackdown on tax avoidance and profit shifting across the bloc. …

Oxfam: “Greece is in a terrible state; Austerity will bring 25m more Europeans at risk of poverty by 2025”

September 12, 2013 Economy Comments Off on Oxfam: “Greece is in a terrible state; Austerity will bring 25m more Europeans at risk of poverty by 2025”

Oxfam, the international charity organization founded in 1942 because of the famine in Greece, finds it hard to believe that 70 years later, this same country “is in a terrible state.” Sharply criticizing the IMF- austerity programs, Oxfam said: “These policies were a failure: a medicine that sought to cure the …

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