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Oxfam reports that the assets of more than 3 billion don’t equal those of eight rich men

The global income an equality gap could fill an ocean.

Oxfam released a startling new report on income inequality this week. It says just eight rich men – six of them in the U.S. — own as much wealth as 3.5 billion of the world’s poorest people. What’s driving this income inequality? And what can be done about it? 

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