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World inequality: Pandemic boosts super-rich share of global wealth • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 08 Dec 2021
The share of household wealth owned by billionaires has risen by a record amount during the #pandemic, with millionaires also coming out of Covid-19 ahead, a study found on Tuesday. The World #Inequality Report produced by a network of social scientists estimated that billionaires this year collectively own 3.5% of global household #wealth, up from slightly above 2% at the start of the pandemic in early 2020.

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