“Reward Work, Not Wealth” Report—82% of Wealth Generated in 2017 Went to Top 1%, Poorest Half Got Nothing

From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org):

Over the weekend, Oxfam released a shocking new report ‘Reward Work, Not Wealth,’ revealing that 82% of all the wealth generated in the world in the last year went to just the top 1%, while the poorest half of world, 3.7 billion people, got nothing.

The report also includes the stunning new discovery that while millions of people are struggling to put food on the table, there’s a new billionaire every two days.

The poorest people in our societies, in the U.S. and around the globe, have been hit hardest – particularly women who suffer high levels of economic discrimination, work in the lowest paid jobs, and take on the lion’s share of unpaid care work.

Check out some great media coverage of the report from CBS News, Fortune Magazine, and Business Insider and this video, “How Kids Make Things Fair,” to learn more.

Here are some sample tweets if you would like to share this new report:

• Across the world, women earn less than men and are employed in the lowest paid and least secure forms of work while 9 out of 10 billionaires are men. #WEF18 #FightInequality
• Richest 1% of the world captured 82% of wealth created last year while the poorest half of the world got nothing and it’s NOT RIGHT #FightInequality #WEF18 https://t.co/S1t026rfkz
• In 2017, the economy created one new billionaire EVERY OTHER DAY while millions of others remained at or below the poverty level #WEF18 #EvenItUp https://t.co/S1t026rfkz