Widening Wealth Gap: World's First Trillionaire Predicted in a Decade as the Poor Gets Poorer

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Trillionaire? One study says we'll see them within a decade

Oxfam study predicts wealth increases will continue exponentially.

World may have its first trillionaire in next decade if inequality worsens. Here's a list of probables

According to an Oxfam report, ending poverty – the target for which is 2030 under the UN Sustainable Development Goals – may not be possible for another 229 years.

World May Get Its First Trillionaire In A Decade, Here Are 5 Probables

The world could see its first trillionaire with the next decade, according to assessment of global inequalities published earlier this week by UK-based non-profit Oxfam International. The report also notes that ending poverty - the target for which is 2030 under the UN Sustainable Development Goals - may not be possible for another 229 years. According to Time Magazine, the world got its first billionaire in 1916, when John D Rockefeller achieve…

The world could soon have its first trillionaire. Good!

The world could soon have its first trillionaire, according to a prominent anti-poverty organization. That's pretty cool. But Oxfam—which started as a famine relief group before mission creep set in—portrays the achievement of a new nominal benchmark in wealth as a bad thing that contributes to the misery of the masses. Through impressive economic illiteracy, the organization's recent report on inequality and poverty manages to misdiagnose the w…

Here are some of the world’s richest one per cent

The world might see its first trillionaire sooner than you think. And that puts a spotlight on today’s richest one per cent.