What could a wealth tax on world’s richest 1% buy?

Oxfam report finds world’s wealthiest 26 people own as much as poorest 50%

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Anti-tax evasion protesters in London
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The world’s richest 26 people now own as much as the poorest 50%, according to a report from Oxfam which has called attention to the growing global wealth divide.

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