Climate, Gates and COP30
Bill Gates’ recent article on the “three tough truths” of the ongoing environmental changes makes an essential point: we must ...
Tag: billionaires
A 2% Tax on Billionaires’ Wealth Could Generate $250 Billion a Year, EU Report Shows
In today’s environment of increased poverty and wealth inequality, it is of uttermost importance to revise how we tax the ...
Do We Need to Sacrifice Our 1.5 °C Goal to End Poverty?
On January 30, the World Inequality Lab (WIL) at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) published a new report about ...
Taxing the Rich: 5% Tax Could Lift 2 Billion out of Poverty, Report Shows
Over the past two years, with the unwanted contribution of the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost of living crisis topped ...
Billionaires’ Carbon Footprint Is Driving Us to Climate Breakdown: What Can We Do?
As the topic of emissions inequality finds its place in public discourse, the billionaires of the world and their activities ...
The Huge Carbon Footprint of Billionaires
Do the wealthy have a larger carbon footprint? How do billionaire contribute to climate change? The answer is more complex ...
“Profiting From the Pain” and the Pandemic: Is it true?
In January of 2022, Oxfam International — a British confederation founded by 21 independent charitable organizations — came out with a study ...
Pandemic Profiteers: America’s Billionaires’ Wealth Surges Amid COVID-19
As the domestic unemployment rate soars past 20%, America’s billionaires are experiencing a wealth surge of nearly 10%. According to ...
The 2010s: Billionaires’ Decade – What Next?
The 2010s are coming to a close. Reviewing the decade, what can we say about the future? A tech person ...
