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The Oxfam report said Jeff Bezos’ revenues have increased since March, enough to pay about £ 3.1 million each employee bonus.
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The charity Oxfam identified the increase in revenues since March 2020 of 10 world billionaires, amounting to approximately US $ 5.4 billion, or about 16.18 trillion baht, enough to Used to prevent all on the world Must be in a poor state And can also pay for the vaccine for everyone
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Oxfam’s report found that the wealth of the billionaires equates to the total cost the government of 20 major economies, or the G20, spent to restore the country from the outbreak. Viruses that cause COVID-19
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This charity Calls on governments of different countries to collect more taxes on the wealthy.
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A report on the topic of Inequality Viruses has been published while world leaders Currently participating in the Davos Dialogue virtual conference organized by the World Economic Forum.
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Oxfam states that Never before has governments support the domestic economy. Make the stock market grow And drive the wealth of the billionaire to increase While the real economy is facing the worst recession in a century.
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The report also pointed out that The wealth of billionaires around the world increased by $ 3.9 trillion (approximately $ 117 trillion) between March 18 and December 31, 2020, and is currently at $ 11.95 trillion (approximately 358 trillion baht). Baht), which is equivalent to the amount spent by the G20 government in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The 10 richest people in the world, with a combined $ 5.4 billion in wealth since March 2020, include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk. Tesla (Tesla) and Mark Zuckerberg Founder of Facebook (Facebook)
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Oxfam’s report found that millions of people face poverty.
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In September 2020, Besos earned so much that he was able to pay a $ 105,000 bonus to all 876,000 Amazons employees. And he still has the same wealth left before the COVID-19 outbreak.
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But for the poorest in the world It can take more than 10 years to recover. Oxfam estimates that the COVID-19 outbreak has been identified. It has driven as many as 500 million people into poverty and has put a step back in the global trend of declining poverty over the past 20 years.
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