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2023-01-22 13:20:49 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 058E73985260F77C7B30BFBB28509C40C11796F828C59A28E75B0C03712A2527
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A report showed extreme wealth raised along with extreme poverty for the first time in 25 years, not the first time in history. https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2023/jan/16/oxfam-calls-for-new-taxes-on-super-rich-pocket-dollar-26tn-start-of-pandemic-davos From 1820 to 1955 over half of the world lived in extreme poverty, that number had fallen to 8.4% by 2019, but has since risen to 9.3%. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/overview
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