KQED is a proud member of
Save ArticleSave Article
KQED Radio
KQED Newssee more
Radio Schedule
Latest Newscasts:KQEDNPR
Player Sponsored By
upper waypoint
Forum

Oxfam: Richest 1% Will Own More Than the Rest of the World By 2016

Michael Krasny
at
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

 (Getty Images)

The anti-poverty group Oxfam released a report Monday saying that by 2016, the world’s richest one percent will own more wealth than the rest of the world combined. The report comes just ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at the ski resort of Davos, Switzerland, where billionaires and world leaders gather discuss inequality and other issues.

Wealth: Having it all and wanting more

Guests:

Gawain Kripke, director of policy and research at Oxfam America

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint
NPR's Sarah McCammon on Leaving the Evangelical ChurchKQED Youth Takeover: We’re Getting a WNBA TeamRainn Wilson from ‘The Office’ on Why We Need a Spiritual RevolutionForum From the Archives: Remembering Glide Memorial's Cecil WilliamsErik Aadahl on the Power of Sound in FilmKQED Youth Takeover: How Can San Jose Schools Create Safer Campuses?Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Major Homelessness CasePercival Everett’s Novel “James” Recenters the Story of Huck FinnHave We Entered Into a New Cold War Era?KQED Youth Takeover: How Social Media is Changing Political Advertising