Elon Musk and Peter Thiel: The billionaires fomenting a global race war
Joe Gill 9 January 2025 The tech bros’ strategy to protect their wealth is to direct fear and hostility towards ‘the Other’ – migrants, Muslims, the ‘woke’ Donald Trump with […]
Lebanon’s politicians ineffectual amid public misery
ZAID M. BELBAGI September 07, 2022 Short Url Lebanon’s nonstate actors, charities and international donors have always had an important role to play in picking up the government’s slack. Ever […]
Indian billionaires are failing to help the country’s poor – but it’s more complicated than you think
Yes, charitable donations are rising slower than the rate at which philanthropists’ fortunes are growing, but there’s a reason for that Michael Mapstone The Independent Voices The UK’s foreign aid […]
A new Gilded Age? Wealth is more concentrated than ever before
Billionaires around the globe have amassed a combined wealth of $6 trillion — don’t expect things to change Charlie May10.27.2017• The world may soon witness a new Gilded Age. […]
Ultra-wealthy: Global billionaire club gets bigger and richer
By swissinfo.ch This content was published on October 26, 2017 Ernesto Bertarelli is one of Switzerland’s 35 billionaires (Keystone) The total wealth of the world’s 1,542 billionaires – including 35 in Switzerland – grew 17% to $6 trillion (CHF5.93 trillion) last year, led by a surge in Asia’s emerging […]
210 more billionaires in past year amid rising global poverty
Tue Mar 5, 2013 SOURCE: PRESSTV Amid the surging poverty across the globe, a newly released list of richest people in the world points to the climbing number of billionaires […]