Lessons from the richest man who ever lived
2015年12月10日 · He lived at the same time as Christopher Columbus, Martin Luther, and Cesare Borgia. He was the personal banker of two Holy Roman Emperors. But most of all, he was the richest man of his time, and one of the richest men who ever lived, owning some 2 per cent of the known world’s GDP.
Global income inequality: How big is gap between richest and …
2021年12月10日 · However, the report's authors explain that this conceals wide disparities between and within countries. The richest 10% of the global population currently take home 52% of the income. The poorest half of the global population? Well they earn just 8%.
The 20 most generous people in the world | World Economic Forum
2015年10月21日 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …
How many humans have ever existed? New study has answer
2022年4月4日 · This milestone has prompted researchers to work out how many people have ever existed. They estimate that 109 billion people have lived and died over the course of 192,000 years. And that 7% of all humans who have ever lived are alive today.
Global inequality is a failure of imagination. Here's why
2023年1月16日 · Global inequality has gotten worse, with the richest 1% grabbing nearly two-thirds of the $42 trillion of wealth newly-created since 2020. Inequality is destroying society and it is not inevitable; it is a choice that reveals us as lacking in both empathy and imagination.
How many young adults live in multigenerational households in …
2022年7月27日 · This included 47% who lived with two parents and 39% who lived with only one parent. A 60% majority of young adults who were living in a parent’s home in 2021 were living with two parents. In contrast, a 56% majority of those who had a parent or another older relative living in their home had only one parent living with them; 27% had two ...
The world's poorest people are owed $5.7 trillion, says Oxfam
2020年11月3日 · On 24 October 1970, the world’s richest countries made a promise that would better the lives of people around the world. They committed to give a small percentage of their income – just 0.7% – in international aid to help low- and middle-income countries tackle the scourge of extreme poverty.
but the way they do that is changing - The World Economic Forum
2024年6月19日 · Since 2008, more than half the world's population has lived in cities. Today, we are at 58% or 4.7 billion urban dwellers, representing 83% (or $51 trillion) of total household spending. By 2028, 5 billion people will live in cities.
Venezuela was once South America’s richest country. Here's what …
2017年8月7日 · The heady days of 2001 – when Venezuela was the richest country on the continent – are long gone. The economy shrank by 18.6% last year. In 2017, it’s 35% smaller than it was in 2013, at least in terms of GDP, and 40% lower in GDP-per-capita terms.
Homes like parkas? Shivering Arctic dwellers may need housing …
2019年4月30日 · "No one has ever asked rural Alaskans what they were going to live in," Hébert told the Thomson Reuters Foundation at the Arctic Encounter Symposium in Seattle. In the mid-20th century, national, state and provincial governments financed large-scale social and subsidised housing in Alaska, northern Canada and Arctic Russia, Hébert said, often ...