Oxfam releases global inequality report amid ongoing controversy
By DW
22 January 2019 |
7:46 am
As the world's rich meet for the World Economic Forum in Davos, their festivities are as usual heralded by the Oxfam report on global inequality — a highly controversial study which should be taken with a grain of salt.
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