‘World’s 8 Richest Have as Much Wealth as Bottom Half of Global Population’
Since Oxfam came up a few times in the readings for this week, I thought I’d share this report just released by the charity on global wealth inequality:
In light of our readings on what forms reciprocity takes in the realm of charitable donations, it’s interesting to see reports like this. Obviously, they’re aimed at people like us: potential donors, not potential recipients of aid. Is it a gift to us though? Is sharing knowledge a repayment in a way for the donations that sustain the activities of the charity and allow it to both do on-the-ground work and compile and analyse data? Or is it merely a campaign for more donations? Can it be both?
Contributed by SabineParrish on 16/01/2017
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Since the link doesn’t appear to be showing up in the post, here it is again:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/world/eight-richest-wealth-oxfam.html