Billionaires get richer during the pandemic
Bloomberg: Billionaires own 3.5 percent of the world's wealth This is stated in a report on global inequality, prepared by a group of economists, writes Bloomberg. The study says there are 2,755 billionaires globally in 2021 who own 3.5 percent of the world's wealth – two percent more than before the pandemic in early 2020. The combined fortune of billionaires is $ 13.1 trillion. In the pandemic, they became even richer, accumulating $ 4.1 trillion. “The coronavirus crisis has exacerbated the inequality between the very rich and the rest of the population,” said co-author Lucas Chancel. In addition, according to the report, there is a group of 520,000 people worldwide with a fortune of at least $ 19 million … They hold 11 percent of the world's wealth, up from 10 percent last year. Experts noted the greatest inequality in Russia and Central Asia – the number of the rich