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World Inequality Report 2022

December 7 , 2021 880 days 813 0
  • According to this, the richest 1 percent have since the mid-nineties captured 38 percent of wealth growth globally.
  • As per the report, the richest 10 percent own around 60-80 percent of the wealth and the poorest half systematically own less than 5 percent of the wealth.
  • The report suggested developing new forms of wealth taxation on multimillionaires, including a progressive rate of wealth tax with tax rates according to the value of the total amount of wealth owned.
  • Tax ranging from 1 percent of wealth owned over $1 million to 3 percent for global billionaires can generate 1.6 percent of global income.
  • The report is published by the Harvard University Press in USA.

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