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Feb 2023
39m 56s

Survival of the Richest

INSTITUTE FOR NEW ECONOMIC THINKING (INET)
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Oxfam's Economic Justice Director, Nabil Ahmed, and Oxfam International's Inequality Policy & Advocacy Lead, Max Lawson, discuss their latest Global Inequality Report, which highlights the accelerating pace at which the world's billionaires have increased their wealth exponentially in recent years. They also discuss the ways in which governments can reverse ... Show More
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