Pandemic Creates New Billionaire Every 30 Hours — Pushing Millions Into Extreme Poverty

According to Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Lyn Morgain, the pandemic created a new billionaire every 30 hours and pushed a million into extreme poverty every 33 hours.

During the pandemic, a new billionaire was produced every 30 hours, the same rate at which a million people could slip into extreme poverty this year, according to a new Oxfam brief released today.

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